Thread:Argali1/@comment-26767096-20160514212701/@comment-26184570-20160515202517

Oh!

For mammals, they have to have a split hoove, and chew their cud.

You cannot seethe a calf in it's mother's milk. This rule is probably the most unclear and disbuted one.

For birds, they have to be fowl (chickens, ducks, geese pigeons etc).

For fish, they have to have scales and fins.

For something to actually be kashrut, it has to be slaughtered, prepared and handled properly. Even if an animal is Kosher, there are certain parts of it that still can't be eaten (brain, blood etc). For more religious Jews (the ones that fit the Jewish stereotype of always wearing a kippah and having big beards), even things such as cake or cucumbers must be inspected and blessed as Kosher, by a Rabbi.

Any other questions?