STUDENT WORKBOOKfor KASHRUT

VIDEO PRESENTATION

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THE SIGNS OF KOSHER MAMMALS

1 What are the two types of animals that Hashem created?

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2 What are the two signs of a kosher animal?

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3 What is the difference between a camel’s foot and that of a goat?

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4 How does chewing its cud miraculously enable an animal to live?

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5 Why do kosher animals not have teeth on the front upper jaw?

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6 What type of animal needs sharp teeth on the upper jaw?

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7 Name two unique miracles that Hashem created to enable a giraffe to always have proper blood flow to its brain:

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THE SIGNS OF KOSHER BIRDS

1 If we knew the identity of all the birds that the Torah lists, what could we in theory do?

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2 What do kosher birds have on their feet that non-kosher birds are missing?

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3 What is the purpose of the crop in a kosher bird?

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4 What do kosher birds have at the end of their digestive tract that non-kosher birds are missing?

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5 What is the last requirement that a bird has to have in order to be kosher?

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6 What does a נשר or vulture do that kosher birds do not do?

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7 When examining which type of birds and animals are kosher, what observation did the rabbis make regarding the rationale of kashrus?

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THE SIGNS OF KOSHER FISH

1 What are the requirements for a fish to be considered kosher?

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2 Our rabbis teach us that any fish that has ................... also has ................... .

3 If you went into a fish store and saw a cut piece of fish that has scales, but the fins are gone, could you buy the fish?

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4 How could you tell the difference between a fish that has real scales and a fish that looks like it has scales, but does not?

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5 Sometimes a fish that we know is kosher, doesn’t have scales. Explain how it is kosher:

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6 What sign does salmon have that assures that it is kosher, even if the skin has been removed?

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7 Imagine you lived far away from a kosher fish store. Explain two ways you could buy kosher fish from a non-kosher fish store:

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THE SIGNS OF KOSHER LOCUSTS

1 What are the four signs of a kosher locust?

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2 Why do Yemenite and Moroccan Jews have a tradition to eat locusts, but Ashkenazic Jews do not?

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3 Is an Ashkenazic Jew allowed to eat locusts that a Yemenite Jew showed him were kosher?

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INTRODUCTION

1 Explain what makes milk kosher or not kosher?

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2 What is the main ingredient in cheese that has to be kosher in order for the cheese to be kosher?

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3 Name two processes that must be done to the animal or the meat in order for meat to be kosher.

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4 What might be a reason that we are told not to eat milk and meat together?

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THE THREE PROHIBITIONS

1 What three laws about the prohibition of meat and milk are learned from the Torah repeating not once, not twice, but three times (!) not to cook milk and meat together?

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2 If meat and milk were cooked together, what can be done with the mixture?

Mark with a if it is permissible or with an if it is not permissible.

Feed it to a dog

Throw it in the ocean

Sell it to non-Jew

Burn it for fuel

Give it to Jew who does not keep kosher

Throw it in the trash

Use it for a science experiment

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3 What is the reason that a Jew may not work as a cook in McDonald’s?

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PAREVE

1 Explain the concept of pareve:

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2 Pareve can be eaten with...

Only meat

Only milk

Either milk or meat

3 Put the following foods into their proper categories:

Ice cream • Strawberries • Hot dogs • Eggs • Milk • Cream Cheese

Pastrami • Ketchup • Soda • Fish • Yogurt

חלבחלב פרווהפרווה בשרבשר

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4 How can you tell if a chocolate bar is pareve?

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MEAT AND FISH

1 What is the reason that we do not mix fish and meat?

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2 If you are eating a five-course meal, with a sushi appetizer followed by brisket, what two things must you do before eating the meat to clean your mouth?

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3 What must you do to make sure that fish and meat don’t become mixed on your plate and then eaten?

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POTS AND PANS

1 When a pot becomes not kosher, what exactly changes in the pot?

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2 What needs to be done to a non-kosher pot in order to make it kosher?

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3 Why will scrubbing the non-kosher pot not be sufficient to make it kosher?

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4 According to the common custom, which mark would you make on your dairy pots, red or blue?

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5 What is the reason that you need two sets of dish towels?

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6 You have one sink in your apartment. How do you wash your dishes in the same sink and still keep kosher?

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TABLES AND COUNTERS

1 What is the reason the rabbis decreed that two people, one eating meat and the other dairy, may not sit at the same table?

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2 What is the reason that some people will have two salt shakers; one meat and the other dairy?

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MEAT TO MILK

1 How long should you wait between eating a hamburger and milkshake?

2 hours

6 hours

4 hours

2 We wait between eating meat and milk because...

The meat stuck between the teeth needs time to disintegrate.

We need time to wash the dishes.

To remind us to keep separate meat and dairy dishes.

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MILK TO MEAT

1 If you drank milk and then want to eat meat what must you first do?

2 The rule “drink and eat something pareve” is for when you want to...

Eat meat after a milky food such as cottage cheese.

Eat a milky food such as cottage cheese after meat.

Eat meat after drinking a glass of milk.

3 If you were preparing the chicken for Shabbos, and then want to eat a dairy snack, what must you do first?

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TASTE TRANSFER

1 In order for the tastes of meat and milk to transfer we need...

Electricity.

Heat.

Light.

2 You open the fridge and see that the milk container was leaking. There is milk on your leftover hamburgers. How can you make the hamburgers kosher again?

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