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kashrut

In Judaism, the food laws of the Torah, as laid down in Deuteronomy. The kashrut specifies whether food is kosher (permitted) or trefah (forbidden).



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The recipes follow kashrut guidelines and each is earmarked with symbols denoting how it fits into a kosher meal -- meat, dairy or pareve.
The story's preoccupation with laws of kashrut is to some extent explained thus: Holofernes' death is not killing, but kosher slaughter, an act done according to divine law, in support of the life of the community, which must not go hungry.
Just as The Michelin Guide reviews restaurants and kashrut organizations certify foods, these systems rate privacy.
 
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