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[koh-sher]
| 1. | Judaism.
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| 2. | Informal.
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| 3. | Informal. kosher food: Let's eat kosher tonight. |
| 4. | Judaism. to make kosher: to kosher meat by salting. |
| 5. | keep kosher, to adhere to the dietary laws of Judaism. |
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Kosher
Ko"sher\, a. [heb. kosh["e]r fit, proper.] Ceremonially clean, according to Jewish law; -- applied to food, esp. to meat of animals slaughtered according to the requirements of Jewish law. Opposed to tref. Hence, designating a shop, store, house, etc., where such food is sold or used.Kosher
Ko"sher\, n. Kosher food; also, a kosher shop.Cite This Source
kosher
Food that is permitted according to a set of dietary restrictions found in the Old Testament. For many Jews, foods that are not kosher cannot be eaten. The term can also be used colloquially to mean anything acceptable: “I don't think it's kosher to yell at your chess opponent when he is thinking about his next move.”
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kosher
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kosher
("fit," or "proper"), in Judaism, the fitness of an object for ritual purposes. Though generally applied to foods that meet the requirements of the dietary laws (kashruth), kosher is also used to describe, for instance, such objects as a Torah scroll, water for ritual bathing (mikvah), and the ritual ram's horn (shofar). When applied to food, kosher is the opposite of terefah ("forbidden"); when applied to other things, it is the opposite of pasul ("unfit").
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