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Kashrut is the system of Jewish dietary laws. Food permitted under Kashrut is called kosher.


== Laws of Kashrut ==

There are only a few major rules of kashrut, but they have many applications.

Meat and fowl must be from specific types of animals, and slaughtered by a Jew in a very precise way. The most important point being that no blood can remain in the meat; a point where Islamic halal rules are broadly similar though less strict.
Insects are categorically forbidden (with the exception of certain types of locusts, which are kosher only according to Yemenite interpretations of kashrut - the Hebrew words listing the acceptable types of locust are considered too ambiguous by non-Yemenite Jews), even small insects found in/on fruit or vegetables. Some produce must be checked thoroughly.
All non-fish seafood, and fish without scales (such as sharks) are forbidden.
Meat and milk may not be consumed together, or even at the same meal. However, fish is not considered to be meat under Jewish law, so fish and dairy may be mixed. Typically, Jews need to wait for half an hour to an hour (six hours in the case of certain hard cheeses) after consuming dairy before they can consume meat, and...