Neirot

By: Rabbi Amiram Markel   Unique Status of Sharp Foods Sharp foods have a special status in kosher law unique to them: a) When they are cut with a meat knife they may not...

By: Rabbi Amiram Markel Two Reasons for Waiting 1) The rabbis give two divergent reasons for the practice of waiting between the consumption of meat and milk: a)  According to some authorities it is...

Pat Yisroel-Jewish Bread 1) Generally, it is very important to eat bread that has been baked by a Jew in a kosher home or in a kosher supervised bakery.[1] This is especially true in...

Laws of Challah 1) Traditionally, special loaves of bread are baked before the onset of the Sabbath in order to honor that holy day.[1] Since the mitzvah (commandment) of challah is performed on the...

Food Cooked by a Non-Jew  1) The rabbis forbade the consumption of food cooked by a non-Jew[1] for two reasons. According to some authorities it was out of concern that if people would be...

What Milk is Kosher? 1) In regard to the subject of kosher milk, the general principle is that whatever issues from the impure is itself impure.[1] This is to say that only the milk...

The Prohibition 1) Grape wine is a unique beverage in that it is used for sacramental purposes not only in Judaism but in idolatrous religions as well. For this reason the Torah prohibits the...

The Prohibition 1)  The Torah forbids the consumption of creatures that crawl either on the ground or in the water, including insects, worms and larva etc. It also forbids the consumption of flying insects,[1]...

The Prohibition 1) The Torah commands us,[1] “Guard your life exceedingly”. Moreover, the rabbis taught us that the mitzvah of guarding ourselves against danger is stricter than the prohibitions of the Torah.[2] It is...

Categories of Blessings   The requirements for reciting blessings before and after eating are many and complex and it would require a complete book, in and of itself, to do them justice. This being...