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Shopping for Kosher Food

How and where to purchase kosher products.

Making Meat Kosher: Between Slaughtering and Cooking

Blood must be removed from kosher meat, usually by salting and soaking, before it may be cooked and consumed.

Kosher Slaughter: An Introduction

A survey of some of the laws governing the slaughter of kosher animals for meat.

Kosher Animals

Most of the rules about meat, including the ban on pork, are stipulated in the Torah.

From Golden to Grim: Jewish Life in Muslim Spain

The complex political situation in Muslim Spain impacted Jewish social and cultural life there.

What Happens in Synagogue on Purim

In addition to the Megillah reading, several additions are made to the daily prayer services.

Facing Evil

Moral strength is found in fulfilling religious obligations.

The Fast of Esther: A Minor Fast Day

The joy of Purim is preceded by solemnity.

Unmasking the Purim Heroes

Were Mordecai and Esther assimilated Jews?

Kosher Food: What Makes Food Kosher or Not

The word "kosher" literally means "fit" or "appropriate."

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