ritual practice

December 12, 2013
By bethmordecai
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DAY 530: The Practical World of Kashrut

*Note: This message is longer than usual אם רוצה לבשלן יחד ואין שם ס' מותר (יורה דעה קט:ב) If you want to cook together two different kinds of food [that are generally forbidden from one another], and one of the kinds of food is less than 1/60th of the other kind, then the mixture is allowed (Yoreh Deah 98:2) Dear Hevreh, Outside of observing Shabbat, there is probably no greater indicator of Jewish religious observance than keeping kosher (shomer kashrut). Yet even more than simply religious observance, the act of keeping kosher in some capacity indicates our cultural attachment to Judaism. For instance, one person I spoke to recently says "I eat bacon, but I don't eat ham because that's what my father taught[...]

Category : Rabbi Rabbi's Journal Ritual Practice
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