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Kosher Hebrew Vocabulary

 

Asur
Prohibited
asur - script
asur - block
Mutar
Permitted
mutar - script
mutar - block
Shehitah
Ritual slaughter
shehitah - script
shehitah - block
Shochet
The one who performs Shehitah
shochet - script
shochet - block

Trief
Unfit (not kosher)

trief - script
trief - block

Chalaf
Sharp knife used by the Shochet

Chalaf - script
Chalaf - block

Chalav Yisrael
‘Israelite Milk’ – milk that has carefully been watched by a Jew from milking to bottling

chalav yisrael - script
chalav yisrael - block
Kasher
‘Fit’ and proper to eat
Kasher - script
kasher - block
Kashrut
The system of Jewish dietary laws.
kashrut - script
Kashrut - block
Pareve
‘Neutral’ (things not meat or milk)
pareve - script
pareve - block