Akhlah: Kosher Vocabulary

Kosher Hebrew Vocabulary


Asur Prohibited

Mutar Permitted

Shehitah Ritual slaughter

Shochet The one who performs Shehitah

Trief Unfit (not kosher)

Chalaf Sharp knife used by the Shochet

Chalav Yisrael Israelite Milk - milk that has carefully been watched by a Jew from milking to bottling

Kasher 'Fit' and proper to eat

Kashrut The system of Jewish dietary laws.

Pareve 'Neutral' (things not meat or milk)