With the price of food and gas continually rising, my husband and I had a discussion yesterday as to why kosher food particularly, kosher meat and chicken are so much more expensive than regular meat. My husband tried to convinced me of the expenses involved in the maintaining and regulating the diet of what the chickens and cattle eat.Well, that makes sense in light of the rising prices of feed. But I’m suspecting that it is also the halacha (law) of services that it takes for maintaining Kashrut. My husband also said that there is extensive monitoring and inspection involved … Continue reading →

The saying “You are what you eat” is universal, but it certainly applies to keeping kosher, in particular. In a previous blog, we discussed how keeping kosher is associated with compassion when it comes to separating meat and milk and kosher slaughter, which is meant to be quick and painless. Although the ultimate reason we observe commandments is because they are clear directives from the Torah and Hashem, sometimes it is easy to see additional benefits included in these laws. For instance, all kosher fish must have fins and scales. This rules out certain kinds of fish, such as shark, … Continue reading →