Word: kashrut
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Dates: during 1972-1972
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...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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