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Sunday 8 April 2018

About Eating Kosher With Kosher Meals

By Douglas Richardson


Eating out the Jewish way has never been easier especially if one lives in a neighbourhood with a strong Jewish community. Kosher meals are to be had as a take out or just sitting down and enjoying favourite specialities in this type of cuisine. Over Passover, Jews the world over partake of meals such as chicken soup with kneidlach amongst many others.

It is a very simple exercise to order favourite dishes and this can be done over the Internet. Passover is a time of great celebration and is the story of the Exodus out of Egypt many hundreds of years ago. It is celebrated over the month of Nisan in the Hebrew Calendar and this time falls in spring in the north and autumn in the south.

It is the story well known among Jews as the time when the Israelites were liberated from Egyptian slavery under the guidance of Moses. It is alluded to in a book known as the Haggadah which is read at the Seder table on the first two nights of this festival for Jews outside of Israel and one night should one live in Israel itself. It is the story of the plagues that were wrought by G-d on the Egyptians right up until the giving of the Five Books of Moses at Mount Sinai.

It is believed by Jews all over the world that the commandments were handed down to Moses by G-d and incorporates the Five Books of Moses as they are called. These laws have been handed down throughout the millennia and are studied by religious Jews and the not so religious. It is at this time that unleavened bread is eaten called Matzah.

This commemorates the bread the Israelites ate during this time and it was also unleavened as they left in such a rush that the dough did not have time to rise into bread. It is like a cracker but has its distinctive taste. This must be kosher too and prepared by Jews alone in order for it to pass stringent laws surrounding its making.

Other foods are also consumed during this time and one of them is called Haroseth. It is a mixture of almonds, apple and wine. This symbolizes the bricks and mortar that was worked with whilst building the many different constructions the Israelites were forced to build during their time in slavery. It is also made into a sandwich on the eve of Passover and a blessing is said over it in order to remember this time.

Other foods that are eaten are gefilte fish with chrain. Gefilte fish is a fish ball essentially and is eaten with horseradish. The horseradish is bitter to commemorate the bitter lives that were lived during this time and to remind the Jewish people of today the hard times that Jews have had to live through throughout the millennia.

All in all, eating is fun and just like other nations of the world, Hebrews as they are also called, have many variety of dishes that they consume during the year and especially on festivals. These are all symbolic of difficult times as well as celebratory ones throughout the year. It is best to ensure that they are kosher before consuming them and this can be determined by a label on the product labeled that they are one hundred percent the real deal.




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