KOSHER, or KASHER (Hebrew clean, right, or fit)

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KOSHER, or KASHER (Hebrew clean, right, or fit) , the Jewish

term

TERM

for any food or vessels for food made ritually fit for use, in contradistinction to those pasul, unfit, and terefah, forbidden. Thus the vessels used at the Passover are " kosher," as are also new metal vessels bought from a Gentile after they have been washed in a ritual bath. But the

term

TERM

is specially used of meat slaughtered in accordance with the law of Moses. The schochat or butcher must be a devout Jew and of high moral character, and be duly licensed by the

chief

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

rabbi

RABBI

. The slaughteringthe object of which is to insure the complete bleeding of the

body

BODY

, the

Jews

being forbidden to eat bloodis done by severing the

windpipe

WINDPIPE

with a long and razor-

sharp

SHARP,
GRANVILLE
- GRANVILLE
- GRANVILLE, GRANVILLE
- GRANVILLE, JOHN
  CARTERET
  - CARTERET, SIR GEORGE (c. 1610-1680)
  , EARL (1690-1763)
(1735-1813)
SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

knife by one continuous stroke backwards and forwards. No unnecessary force is permitted, and no stoppage must occur during the operation. The knife is then carefully examined, and if there be the slightest flaw in its blade the meat cannot be eaten, as the cut would not have been clean, the uneven blade causing a thrill to pass through the beast and thus driving the blood again through the arteries. After this every portion of the animal is thoroughly examined, for if there is any organic disease the devout Jew cannot

taste

TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

the meat. In order to soften meat before it is salted, so as to allow the salt to extract the blood more freely, the meat is soaked in water for about half an hour. It is then covered with salt for about an hour and afterwards washed three times. Kosher meat is labelled with the name of the slaughterer and the date of killing.

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