Definition of "kashrut" []

• The state of being kosher. (noun)
• The body of Jewish dietary law. (noun)

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• "And creating a list of businesses that do or do not follow kashrut is not that far from creating a list of Christian Owned Businesses or Christian Owned Restaurants."
• "Finding logic in the rules of kashrut is a frustrating task, as the anthropologist Marvin Harris entertainingly recounts in his book The Sacred Cow and the Abominable Pig."
• "The Agriprocessors plant slaughtered chickens and cows according to a group of laws -- known as kashrut -- that have been refined and codified over centuries in books like the Shulchan Aruch."