Questions tagged [food]
Questions with this tag relate to laws of food or anything pertaining to food.
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When was kosher certification created? [duplicate]
When was kosher certification created? Another way of saying this question was when did the Rabbis say that it was appropriate to have a governing body (such as the OU, Star-K etc...) which oversees ...
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Is it forbidden to boil an animal alive?
Is it forbidden to boil a living animal and then take its meat for consumption? Does the Torah or another source address the concept of boiling living animals?
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Why aren't chia seeds considered to be kitniyot?
According to the OU, plain unground chia seeds are not kitniyot. Given that they're almost indistinguishable from poppy seeds, which are considered to be kitniyot, I'm puzzled as to why not.
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Is the consumption of bone marrow forbidden?
Is eating bone marrow the same as eating blood? Do any sources address this issue? Though not the only source I'm interested in, I'd prefer references to the Tanakh, if possible.
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What meals violate the Noahide Law against eating flesh torn from a living animal?
I recently learned that, per the general understanding of the Seven Noahide Laws, Gentiles cannot eat flesh torn from a live animal. How would this look in practice? What meals would violate this law? ...
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Was the diet that Daniyel HaNabi took on a common diet amongst the Yisraelites?
In chapter 1 of the book of Daniyel HaNabi states at verse 12:
נַס־נָ֥א אֶת־עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ יָמִ֣ים עֲשָׂרָ֑ה וְיִתְּנוּ־לָ֜נוּ
מִן־הַזֵּרֹעִ֛ים וְנֹאכְלָ֖ה וּמַ֥יִם וְנִשְׁתֶּֽה
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Carbonating fruit on Shabbos
May one perform either of the following actions on Shabbos or Yom Tov?
Placing fruit into a bin with dry ice, and closing the bin to force the carbon dioxide to sublimate into the fruit
Connecting a ...
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Chart for wrong Bracha Rishona?
I found this neat chart for what to do when you have said a wrong Bracha Achrona, and whether or not it was effective after the fact. I am curious, does anyone have a similar chart which will tell me ...
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How do we reconcile between genesis and Science about livestock that created after bird [duplicate]
How do we reconcile between genesis and science , I mean those which said livestock created after bird and fish , just completely and blatantly against science , this alone could knock down ...
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Contemporary views on the Rambam's diet guide
People say that some of Rambam's laws on health are inaccurate in today's era, because of the body change throughout the generations, and that today some foods are good while they used to be bad and ...
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Was linseed (flaxseed) oil in common use in time of the Mishna/Gemara?
Go to any location 200+ years old in America, and they'll tell you all about the value of linseed (flax seed) for paint. Which makes me wonder, was it a "thing" in the time of the Talmud? ...
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Did Bible Characters Typically Drink Water?
I've always heard that in the medieval era, people drank dilute beer all the time because the water wasn't safe.
We find all over Tanach accounts of people "eating bread and drinking water." ...
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Feeding animals as a mitzvah
Related Does one have to feed his dog, parrot, or goldfish before eating according to this Gemara?
The gemara in Gittin 62A teaches that one should feed his animals before he, himself eats. I have ...
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Can one carry a pocket knife on shabbos?
If one is used to carrying a pocket knife during the week, is it ok to carry one on shabbat?
For some more background, assume it is a spring-assisted or "button knife" but not generally ...
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Can I use grapes honey (Dabas) in Rosh Hashana?
Following this question. Can I use grapes honey (Dabas/Dibas) as honey in Rosh Hashana? As can be seen in this video. It seems that it was the most ancient and popular honey in Israel. In addition, it ...
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Why was camel milk not unclean?
If the camel is unclean why was its milk drank?
https://biblehub.com/interlinear/genesis/32-15.htm
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What is פנאד"ש?
I know that it is a meat food, but what does it look like? (שולחן ערוך יורה דעה צד, 8)
I didn't find any explanations about it from Google.
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Is Pas Shacharis a Chiyuv or can I skip breakfast?
Is the mitzvah of paas shachris a chiyuv or is it halachically permissable for someone to not eat breakfast every morning?
If it is a chiyuv what is the best way and also what is the simplest way to ...
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Why aren't peas mentioned in the Tanach/Talmud?
Or if my premise is wrong, please correct me?
Guns, Germs, & Steel talks about early domesticated crops of the Fertile Crescent. No surprise that he quickly mentions wheat, barley, olives, dates, ...
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Bracha for "Zero Net Carb" Bread
A company called "Thin Slim Foods" makes a product called "Zero Net Carb Bread" under the Kosher Miami hechsher. It has the form and texture of bread and is made from ingredients ...
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Is this Jewish Kitchen comment anti-Semitic?
I'm not Jewish, however I have a genuine question about a comment someone in my house made tonight regarding Jewish Mothers, cooks and kitchens.
I can't exactly remember how the conversation started ...
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If I make a bracha on food and it falls out of my hand, do I need a new bracha on the rest of the food?
Let's say I am planning on eating some nuts. I hold one in my hand and make the bracha. Then, before I can eat it, it falls out of my hand and gets ruined.
If I right away take another nut from the ...
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How much should a person eat on Chol Hamoed, Shabbos and Yom Tov?
The Tanya said food eaten on Shabbos is automatically elevated. I hear from a chossid that people should not do hiskafia on shabbos. However, the local Rosh Yeshiva said that eating more is not a ...
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Is contamination from lack of kashrut reversible? [duplicate]
We are taught the kashrut mitzvot are meant to elevate our holiness and avoid spiritual contamination. What of an uneducated Jew that for most of his/her life did not keep kosher and eventually became ...
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Must one sell poisonous Play-Doh to a non-Jew for Pesach?
Being that Play-Doh contains dough ingredients, and that one need not sell something that even a dog won't consume, may one improvise and put cyanide in their children's Play-Doh, thereby rendering it ...
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Can you eat foods during Passover, if you already opened and ate from the package before Passover?
Let's say that a person opens a jar of pickles that is kosher for Passover, and eats from it during the week before Passover starts.
Can the jar still be used during Passover?
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Should one eat matzah balls for seudah shelishit on Shabbat Erev Pesach?
When Erev Pesach falls on shabbat, one cannot eat chametz or matzah in the afternoon. What should one eat for seudah shelishit? (I am aware that Magen Avraham 444:1 suggests also eating seudah ...
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Mushrooms from the carcass of a non-kosher animal
Some Mushrooms can grow from decomposing animals.
Would there be any (kashrus) problems with having mushrooms that grow from the carcasses of non-kosher animals?
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What were לביבות made of before potatoes?
Who doesn't love a nice stack of potato latkes for Hanukkah? Tradition, right? But as I was frying up my seasonal potato pancakes, I started thinking... potatoes didn't exist in the Old World until ...
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Eating non-kosher food without swallowing?
We find several places in which you would be liable for eating non-kosher food.
Let’s say someone placed the non-kosher food in their mouth, began to chew, but did not swallow. Would they be liable ...
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Are Ricola drops pareve?
Are Ricola drops certified by Rabbi A. Yafe Schlesinger considered pareve?
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Wheat crackers that are ha'adama
Paskesz (a brand that makes lots of kosher Jewish food in the USA), makes wheat crackers. The crackers are 99% wheat (per the ingredients label). While most wheat crackers require the blessing of ...
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Black seed (Nigella Sativa) - "קצח" in talmud
Black seed ("Nigella Sativa"), known as קצח in Modern Hebrew, is known for having medicinal qualities - but is it at all mentioned in the Talmud or any Jewish sources as treatment to most ...
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May one combine drink mix powder with water on Shabbos?
For example: making iced tea or punch with a powdered mix such as this one. This is different than the question of preparing coffee or tea as it does not involve heat.
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After-beracha for yogurt and raisins
Let's say the yogurt is the majority, yet there is a kazayit of raisins. Lav dafka raisins.
Does the yogurt act as ikkar with regards to the after-beracha as well (as stated here and here)? Is the ...
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Are there any foods that would be permissible for Jews to eat, yet forbidden for non-Jews to eat?
I found numerous examples in the opposite direction, food which Jews may not eat but which is permissible to non-Jews, but nothing in the direction I'm looking at
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Are all French baguettes intrinsically kosher?
According to French law, all baguettes must be made of only wheat flour, water, salt and yeast (source).
So, do Jews who keep kosher (and eat pas palter) in France eat baguettes from plain ...
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Should one recite a bracha for non-kosher meals? [duplicate]
If a Jew who doesn’t keep kosher eats a meal (like non-kosher beef), is it permissible, forbidden or necessary to say some sort of brachot before and after eating?
My initial guess would be no since ...
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Yaakov Avinu didn't die and connection to not eating?
In Taanis 5b there is a story with two amoraim
רב נחמן ור' יצחק הוו יתבי בסעודתא א"ל רב נחמן לר' יצחק לימא מר מילתא א"ל הכי א"ר יוחנן אין מסיחין בסעודה שמא יקדים קנה לושט ויבא לידי ...
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Usage of Parev Vs Parve
I see some kosher items that on the kosher label it is written Parve where as others Parev. In Hebrew, we say Parve. What is the source for Parev? Why are there 2 slightly different words for ...
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Why specifically a date on Yom Kippur?
Often times a kezayis or beitza is the amount of food necessary to transgress a food related prohibition. Why is a date specifically the quantity one must eat to be liable on Yom Kippur?
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Amen in Boneh Yerushalayim
In Birkat HaMazon, the one who is saying Birkat HaMazon answers amen to his own bracha during the third bracha, Boneh Yerushalayim, as required by the text.
Why is it that here we say amen to our ...
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Does melatonin need to be kosher?
I'm not certain if it's medication or not. I'm speaking of plain, non-flavored powder capsules.
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Does anyone know of the following quote from Rabbi Yerucham Levovitz?
I am looking for the source on the quote from Rabbi Yerucham Levovitz: "“If a person would know what happens to the food from the moment they put it into their mouth to the moment it leaves their body,...
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Diets promoted by different Rabbis throughout history
I was curious if there was any information about the sages or other known historical Rabbis who promoted diets for physical/spiritual health.
Obviously, Kosher is Kosher but did anyone ever suggest ...
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What bracha does one make on injera?
Injera is a fermented flatbread usually made out teff, a grass. It takes the place of bread at a meal and has the shape of bread (תוריתא דנהמא). Would one still make ha'adama on it?
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Could a recipe achieve the force of halachah?
A binding custom may have the force of halachah, eg wearing a kippah in the everyday. Apart from festival dishes, though (where I can see a certain customary force to, say, cheesecake at Shavuot, and ...
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Why is gefiltefish eaten at passover?
This is something I've been wondering for a while, so hopefully I can get a good answer.
Why do we eat gefiltefish during passover, and where did this tradition come from? Is there a story, similar ...
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Are American Paskesz Products Yoshon?
Are American Paskesz grain products, such as Mini Trios Bites, yoshon year round? Is there a way to determine from, e.g., a package code if/when they are yoshon? (Paskesz cookies under Rav Westheim ...
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Are there multiple levels of treif?
Leniencies aside, are there levels of non-kosher food?
For example:
In case of need, is it better to eat chicken road kill than rabbit road kill?
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