Word: kashrut
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...whole animals are killed, the eating of in vitro meat is not a problem. This technicality raises some serious ethical questions. Is a vegetarian who eats in vitro meat still a vegetarian? Similar problems can easily be imagined for any other individual with dietary restrictions. For example, Jewish kashrut and Islamic halal both restrict the consumption of pork. Would pork grown in vitro or tissues that taste like pork but are different from any living animal fall under the restrictions? The same scenario can be imagined for Hindus who don’t eat beef. An even more extreme version...
...Valkin, for his part, uses peanut butter to symbolize the mortar our fathers used to build the pyramids, creating a “PB-and-matza or PBJ-and-matza,” to fend off the forty-years-march lethargy. Those of you keeping tabs on kashrut will note that despite being Ashkenazic, Valkin uses the traditional Sephardic interpretation of the Passover traditions. Harvard football standout Mike Berg also takes this broader view, and boasts of having imparted his love for the PBJ-and-M to his roommates. I personally advocate the matza cereal, though its preparation requires...
...follows rules of kashrut, which limit what and when Jews can eat, and does no work of any form on the Sabbath...
...students were allowed to operate the soda machine during Friday night dinner, Rosenberg says, the dining hall would lose its kosher certification and, hence be unacceptable to many students who adhere to the laws of kashrut...
...persist in their interest-will gladly embrace one of the most austere of priestly disciplines: celibacy. ¶ For observant Jews, the term kosher applies not only to what foods may be eaten and when, but to the methods used in the preparation of food and the slaughter of animals. Kashrut (dietary law) dictates that an acceptable animal, such as a cow or lamb, must be conscious and must be quickly slashed across the throat by a sharp instrument held in the steady hand of a specially trained, God-fearing person (often a rabbi) who takes the animal's life...
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