Kashrut is a system of prescriptions and prohibitions that should be observed by a religious Jew. Such a system applies to absolutely all spheres of a Jew's life, but most often kosher is associated with a ban on certain foods.
All over the world you can see products labeled "Kosher". This designation shows that the products can be eaten by adherents of the Jewish faith. A system of strict food restrictions has been in place in the Jewish environment for thousands of years. The code of Jewish laws - Halacha - requires Jews to eat strictly certain foods prepared in a special way.
Kosher meat
Meat is given special attention in this body of laws. Firstly, you can only eat the meat of artiodactyl ruminants. Animals that are ruminants, but odd-hoofed, are not suitable for food for a Jew, as well as artiodactyl non-ruminants. Secondly, the animal should be killed in a special way: there should be no blood left in the carcass, and the death of the animal should be as quick and painless as possible. In addition, according to kashrut, meat and dairy products cannot be combined within the same meal. Cheeseburger or chicken breasts with cheese will not be considered kosher, even if made with kosher meat. Eggs are considered kosher if they were taken from kosher birds (that is, all but owl eagles, pelicans, and other predators). In addition, the ultra-Orthodox believe that a kosher egg must necessarily be much more elongated at one end than at the other.
Kosher alcohol
Alcoholic drinks are mostly kosher. An exception may be wine. For wine to be considered kosher, it must be made from grapes from vineyards, every seventh harvest from which is not used by Jews (ideally, every seventh harvest should remain on the vine, but in practice the vineyard is simply leased to goyim every seven years. that is, non-Jews). In addition, kosher wine is pasteurized. Some Jews simply bring non-kosher wine to a boil, chill it and consider it kosher, and some rabbis turn a blind eye to it, although such wine will not strictly comply with the rules of kosher.
Fast food chains were sympathetic to the rules adopted among the Jews, and began to produce kosher dishes and even open entire kosher fast food restaurants. Israel has a kosher McDonald's, whose dishes are checked by rabbis for compliance with Jewish law.
Kashrut is often compared to food codes such as halal and aytal. Halal is a set of rules for Muslims, and aytal is for adherents of Rastafarianism. Essentially similar, kashrut, aytal and halal have, however, a lot of differences. So, alcohol is kosher, but from the point of view of aytal and halal it is taboo. Halal camel meat is not aytal and is not kosher.
