kashruth

American  

[kahsh-root, kahsh-root, -ruhs, kahsh-ruhth] / kɑʃˈrut, ˈkɑʃ rʊt, -rəs, ˈkɑʃ rəθ /

Or kashrut

noun

1. the body of dietary laws prescribed for Jews.

   an observer of kashruth.

2. fitness for use with respect to Jewish law.

   the kashruth of a religious object.

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kashruth British  

/ kaʃˈruːt /

noun

1. the condition of being fit for ritual use in general

2. the system of dietary laws which require ritual slaughter, the removal of excess blood from meat, and the complete separation of milk and meat, and prohibit such foods as pork and shellfish

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Etymology

Origin of kashruth

1905–10; < Hebrew: literally, fitness

Example Sentences

Some people of the Jewish faith follow the kashruth, which are the dietary laws of Judaism that denote what foods and cooking preparations are considered kosher, and dairy is a big factor.

From Salon

About nine days after the holiday ended, they received the news from the Houston Kashruth Association that they had lost their Kosher certification.

From Washington Times

Not that he bought it with a light heart: rather superstitious than religious, he felt uneasy about breaking the rules of kashruth, but he liked prosciutto so much that, before the temptation of the shop windows, he yielded every time, sighing, cursing under his breath, and looking at me furtively, as if he feared my judgment or hoped for my complicity.

From The New Yorker

If there is no Sabbath observance, there is no kashruth.

From Time Magazine Archive

The parliament is scheduled to consider a bill taking away from local rabbinates the power of granting hotel kashruth certificates and giving it to an authority under the auspices of the government's more lenient Ministry of Religious Affairs.

From Time Magazine Archive