Hebrew Vocabulary Words :: Kashrut

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)