| Title: | BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest |
| Notice: | 1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration |
| Moderator: | SMURF::FENSTER |
| Created: | Mon Feb 03 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1524 |
| Total number of notes: | 18709 |
PLEASE ADVISE
What are the Kosher laws regarding birds?
Fish and four foots I know. Birds I do not remember, if I ever
knew.
I know chickens and turkeys are ok, at least if you are not
yourself chicken, or a turkey. What is it in the laws which
will exclude the Turkey Buzzard from the dinner table, yet?
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| 144.1 | Eating of carrion forbidden | CURIE::GOLD | Jack E. Gold, MRO3 | Mon Jun 16 1986 17:55 | 7 |
I belief that which excludes things like buzzards and the like are
that they eat carrion. Animals that eat dead animals, that
is animals that died of causes other than being killed as prey directly
by the animal, are considered forbidden. This includes all scavengers,
and is why shell fish are considered traif as well.
Jack
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| 144.2 | partial reply | ZEPPO::BANCROFT | Tue Jun 17 1986 10:56 | 6 | |
A local expert (also the moderator) mentioned that he believed that
scaley feet and feathers were required. As said in .-1 there are
other exclusions probable. I was curious. Normally the dietary
laws are so exquisitely explicit, I just wondered what the exact
phrasing. Is the place to look this up the Talmud?
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| 144.3 | CARLIN::MAHLER | Michael | Tue Jun 17 1986 11:45 | 8 | |
DISCLAIMER:
I may be the moderator, but I am no expert
regarding Jewish Law. I can not cite Halachim
from memory, nor would want to ! 8-}
MadMan Mordechai
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| 144.4 | Kosher and non-kosher birds explained, a little. | BAGELS::SREBNICK | David Srebnick, NCSS, LKG1-3/B19 | Thu Jun 19 1986 20:59 | 16 |
The following is an excerpt from TO BE A JEW, by Rabbi Haim Halevy
Donin (Orthodox authority).
"Among fowl, no specific characteristics to distinguish the permitted
birds from the prohibited ones are given in the Torah. Instead,
they are identified by name and species, twenty-four in all. From
those listed in the Torah, the Talmud deduced the characteristics
of the forbidden birds. Mostly, they are birds of prey or ones
that treat their food as to birds of prey. They include vultures,
ravens, hawks, ostriches, pelicans, storks, herons, etc. The permitted
fowl have traditionally been identified. The are: chicken, turkey,
geese, ducks, and doves."
Vayikra (Leviticus) Chapter 11 and D'Varim (Deuteronomy) 14:2-21
list those animals, fish, and fowl which are permitted to be eaten
and those which are forbidden to be eaten.
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