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Vocab
Milk and Meat
Fish
Animals
Birds
100
Nefulah
A bird that falls from a height of 4 amot; must treat it as as "treifah"/non-kosher
100
What is the Torah's source for not cooking milk and meat together?
לא תבשל גדי בחלב אמו
100
What's the most important rule about a fish's scales in order for them to be "kosher"?
They cannot rip any outer layer of skin when being removed
100
What are the two signs of a kosher animal?
1. Chews its cud 2. Has split hooves
100
How many non-kosher birds does the Torah list?
20
200
Neveilah
An animal that did not receive a proper shechita; treated as non-kosher
200
Name three things you can't do - based on rabbinic law - with a mixture of milk and meat:
Eat it, cook it, benefit from it
200
Does it matter how large the fish's scales are?
Not really, as long as the scales are visible to the human eye
200
What does it mean when an animal "chews its cud"?
It moves food from one stomach to the next and back to its mouth where it chews the food again
200
What are some of the kosher birds we eat?
1. Chicken 2. Turkey 3. Goose
300
Glatt
Literally, "smooth." Refers to the smooth lungs of an animal that is strictly kosher
300
Can two people - one who is eating meat and the other who is eating milk - sit together at the same table? If so, what needs to happen?
Yes, as long as there is a "hekeir" (unusual item) between them to remind them not to share
300
Usually, we should not buy any fish unless it still has some skin on it. Why not?
Because then we can't identify it as a kosher fish (by its scales or other identification)
300
If a cow is a kosher animal, then how is it possible to ever have non-kosher hamburger meat?
1. The animal never had shechitah 2. The animal was a treifah 3. There was no covering of the blood 4. There was no salting or rinsing
300
Do birds need shechitah?
Yes
400
Shechitah
The proper way to slaughter an animal according to Torah law
400
Why do we wait between eating meat and milk? (Two reasons)
1. Meat be stuck between your teeth 2. The taste of meat remains behind
400
Are you allowed to buy fresh fish at Whole Foods without certification? If so, what needs to be true?
1. Knife is clean 2. Cutting board is clean/rinsed 3. You make sure the fish had skin on/has scales
400
What is a גדי?
A young goat
400
Typically, are birds of prey (who eat other carcasses) considered kosher?
No
500
Gid Ha-Nasheh
The sciatic nerve; the area of an animal we don't eat because of what happened to Yaakov
500
When do you need to wait after eating milk before eating meat?
After eating hard cheeses, like swiss and cheddar
500
What does "kaskeset" refer to?
A fish's scales
500
Why aren't pigs considered kosher?
They do not chew their cud
500
We're not supposed to eat the meat of a bird with milk. Do we learn that from the Torah or from the rabbis?
The rabbis