Kosher

Why is a "kind" bird included amongst the forbidden fowl?

I often joke that if the kosher laws were for health, then all the rabbis should look like Schwarzenegger!

Judaism isn’t only for the spiritual-minded or for those who more easily connect to the experience.

You should not just be going through the motions of love and fear superficially, but it should truly affect you to the core.

What lies at the essence of the laws of Kosher? The Torah sheds lights with one key word: to differentiate, or l’havdil in the original Hebrew—this single word defines the Jew’s uniqueness as a holy person. When we eat kosher food it becomes part of who w...

The distinction between the permitted animals and the forbidden animals raises a question that has occupied many commentators.

In order to render a fish kosher, the scales must be visible to the naked eye and they must be easy to remove from the skin of the fish. If the scales can be only be removed after soaking the fish in scalding water, there are differing views as to whether...

It would be absurd to think that G-d gave us the Torah as a sort of bandage for His mistakes. "Oops! I didn't mean to put those nasty animals there! People might eat them! What do I do now?"

What is kosher? How to keep kosher? What does it mean? All that and more, including stories, essays, videos and classes.

Have you ever closed a deal, celebrated your marriage (or its anniversary), or simply spent time with a good friend—without eating something together? Why do our teeth, gullet and stomach figure so prominently in who, how, where and with whom we are?