kosher
Fit for observance
Kosher describes food that meets Jewish dietary laws, which govern permitted animals, preparation methods, and combinations (no mixing meat and dairy).
By extension, kosher means legitimate, proper, or above-board: Is this deal kosher?
Something about his story doesn't seem kosher.
To kosher meat is to prepare it according to these laws, typically by salting to remove blood.
Of Jewish religious teachers
- shochetKosher slaughter specialist
- pareveNeither meat nor dairy
- trefahRitually unfit to eat
- supervisionOverseeing people or processes
inspection · slaughter · certification · approved · compliant · standards · guidelines
Jewish weekly rest day
- sederPassover ritual meal
- synagogueJewish house of worship
- rabbiJewish spiritual leader
- mitzvahJewish law commandment
yarmulke · mezuzah · menorah · bris · tallit · tefillin · kippah · sabbath
Lower chest of cattle
- challahBraided ceremonial Jewish bread
- latkesFried shredded potato cakes
- gefilteFilled, in Yiddish
- matzoYeastless Passover cracker
knish · kreplach · kishke · kugel · bagel · lox · pastrami · schmaltz
Socially appropriate
- acceptableMeeting minimum standards
- permissibleSanctioned by authority
- above-boardOpen and honest
- genuineTruly what it claims
authentic · legal · lawful · sanctioned · approved · valid · correct · by-the-book
Permitted under Islamic law
- haramForbidden by Islamic law
- permissibleSanctioned by authority
- forbiddenNot allowed
- slaughterKilling for meat
rabbinical
Of Jewish religious teachers
supervision · inspection · slaughter · certification · approved · compliant · standards · guidelines · supervision
shabbat
Jewish weekly rest day
mitzvah · yarmulke · mezuzah · menorah · bris · tallit · tefillin · kippah · sabbath
brisket
Lower chest of cattle
matzo · knish · kreplach · kishke · kugel · bagel · lox · pastrami · schmaltz · rugelach
proper
Socially appropriate
- acceptableMeeting minimum standards
- permissibleSanctioned by authority
- above-boardOpen and honest
genuine · authentic · legal · lawful · sanctioned · approved · valid · correct · by-the-book · fair
halal
Permitted under Islamic law
- haramForbidden by Islamic law
- permissibleSanctioned by authority
- forbiddenNot allowed
slaughter · certified · ritual · prayer · blessing · humane · bloodless
chutzpah
Shameless, admirable audacity
nosh · shtick · schmaltz · maven · kibitz · kvell · klutz · yenta · schmo · meshuga
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
- borrowed wordschic, naive, passe, avant-garde, faux
- dietary restrictionsallergies, vegetarianism, food allergies, veganism, vegan
- food labelsnutrition facts, ingredient list, ingredients, ingredients list, calories
- food restrictionsvegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, halal, lactose-free
- product labelsingredient list, warning labels, safety labels, warning label, nutrition facts
koshernonkosher
Violating Jewish food laws
unkosher · forbidden · prohibited · pork · chametz
- kosher picklesSalt-brined cucumbers with garlic
- kosher saltCoarse culinary sodium crystals
- kosher foodReligiously sanctioned Jewish cuisine
- kosher mealsFood meeting Jewish standards
- not kosher
- kosher lawsJewish dietary regulations