Questions about meat and its derivatives. But for questions about combining milk and meat, use the basar-bechalav tag instead.
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Does artificial meat grown in a petri dish have the halachic status of meat?
Scientists are developing means of growing artificial meat in a petri dish. Does such 'meat' have the halachic status of meat?
Source: ...
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Eating Meat: What Changed?
Adam wasn't allowed to eat meat. After the mabul (Flood) we were suddenly permitted to eat (Bereshit 9:3). What changed (ie what was the reason we weren't allowed to before, why are we allowed to now ...
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Meat on Rosh Chodesh of 9 days
Why is The reasoning that Sefardim do eat on Rosh Chodesh and Ashkinazim do not?
Sefardim
http://www.dailyhalacha.com/displayRead.asp?readID=950&txtSearch=meat 9 days
Ashkenazim
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Is being vegan “kosher”?
Is being a vegan completely following halacha? Even if not eating anything traif (non-kosher), perhaps it's not truly kosher because you are not following the commandments to domesticate animals and ...
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Would synthesized meat be Kosher?
Scientists are preparing synthesized meat for human consumption. See here for a excerpt, and two articles here and here.
My question is: Would this meat be considered Kosher? Might it depend on the ...
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Basar Shenis'aleim Min Ha'ayin
Ashkenazim are not concerned for meat being unwatched for a few minutes as per the Ramah. I want to know do Sefardim have this concern? Meaning, in a work situation, when a Sefardi puts a meat ...
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Bread between fish and meat requires hamotzi?
Shulchan Aruch, OC 212:1 (with my own loose translation):
All that is main, and with it is a subordinate (tafel) thing — one says a benediction on the main thing and exempts the subordinate ...
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Does an Early Shabbos mean Early Meat before Tish'a B'Av?
If one makes an early Shabbos in the nine days, does that mean s/he can eat meat earlier?
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When/how was the controversy regarding stainless-steel blades for shechitah resolved?
My understanding is that the use of stainless-steel blades for shechita (kosher slaughter) knives was introduced by the early Hassidic movement and initially opposed by the non-Hassidic leaders.
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Tevilas Keilim for a meat thermometer
Does a meat thermometer need to undergo tevillas keilim before use, since it does not really do anything to prepare the food itself?
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Custom to refrain from eating meat at the Pesach Seder?
I recently heard from two separate people about a custom not to eat any meat at the Seder (i.e. only fish and chicken are eaten). This was surprising to me, as the minhag mentioned in the Mishnah, ...
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Why is chicken “meat” (with regards to basar bechalav) and an egg not?
Why is chicken considered meat but fish is not? Also, why is an egg considered pareve? And if we can eat chicken eggs, why can't we eat caviar (fish eggs)?
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In what way is kosher chicken different from brined chicken?
Over on Seasoned Advice, there have been a number of questions related to the nature of kosher meat and the amount of salt absorbed by the meat. Most recently, In what way is kosher chicken different ...
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Is there any reason (based on the laws of kashrut) that one cannot brine kashered meat?
On Seasoned Advice, there is a question regarding brining kosher birds. Is there any halachic reason that one cannot brine meat that has already been kashered?
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Tasting the meaty Shabbos food on erev Shabbos Chazon: can one swallow?
We do not eat meat or poultry in the Nine Days with certain exceptions notably Shabbos.
It is customary to taste the Shabbos cooking on erev Shabbos afternoon to check the flavouring.
During the nine ...
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Unsupervised meat and closed restaurants/butchers
How does Basar SheNith'alem Min Ha'Ayin (meat that has disappeared from view) apply vis a vis restaurants/delis/supermarkets/butchers that have closed for the night/weekend/holiday? I was just ...
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Meat at a Seudat Mitzvah
Is there any unambiguous source which says it is a halacha to eat "meat" at a Seudat miztvah?
I am aware of the many opinions which says that meat is only optional. I'm looking for sources which say ...
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Is there a custom not to eat roasted chicken at the Seder?
Does the custom to refrain from eating roasted meat at the Seder extend to chicken, turkey, and any other fowl one might serve roasted?
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Is human flesh a kosher food?
Is human flesh a kosher food?
Please provide both modern and classical sources.
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Drunk person doing schechting
If a Shochet under the influence of alcohol slaughtered meat is the meat kosher for consumption or does the fact that he is drunk make him equivalent to a Shoteh (a mentally incompetent person) ...
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Does G-d approve or merely permit human consumption of meat?
Many vegetarians and vegans argue that G-d gave humans permission to eat meat only because of a human failing in abstaining anyway. My takeaway from that argument is that, in light of a more ...
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Can Jews eat non-Kosher meat?
Is it permissible for a Jew to eat meat that isn't treif or forbidden flesh if it was not purchased from a kosher butchery? I was told by a Muslim friend of mine that non-halaal meat (except pork) ...
