Kosher involves the ingredients and preparation methods of foods, based on Biblical commandments. They involve foods that are off limits for eating (like shellfish, pork, hawk, and others), things done to food to make it illegal (cooking meat and milk), etc. Despite what people think, it does not involve a Rabbi blessing the food. A blessing over the food is on the eater, not the preparer. Over time the Kosher laws have been thrown out by some as being throwbacks to a more primitive time. Others just look at them as health benefits and not really applying any more. For religious Jews, they still apply and shape one of the core elements of our life. One of those alienation's we talked about the other day is my (our) inability to just head out with the gang for a burger at McDonalds. It can go even further in a respect. If you saw me sitting in a McDonalds, you may think that I was eating there. You may say that if its good enough for me, its good enough for you or that it must be Kosher, or any number of things. This is the reason I don't go to non-Kosher restaurants. It can lead others to the wrong idea and maybe the wrong actions. This is one of the key points that the conflict with McDonalds; perception.
> Michael, > > I first want to apologize for my ignorance so that I can ask the second > part. What makes food kosher? and what is it's meaning in Judaism? I > know that's not a question that can be easily answered, but the down and > dirty would be fine. It's one of those things that I have always heard > of, but never asked anyone what it means. > > Michael Corrigan > Programmer > Endora Digital Solutions > 1900 Highland Avenue, Suite 200 > Lombard, IL 60148 > 630-627-5055 ext.-136 > 630/627-5255 Fax > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Michael Dinowitz > To: CF-Community > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 3:31 PM > Subject: Re: McKosher's? > > > I've actually read 3 different articles on this and it came off to me > as > a compromise and/or suggestion than a forced issue. The issue was that > > they didn't want to have both non-Kosher and Kosher stores of the same > > name in the city. If all the McDonalds in the city were Kosher then > there wouldn't be an issue. The suggested name difference was just to > have a noticeable difference between the two types. > > > Michael, I think Howie and I are complaining about the _way_ they > are > > trying to 'authenticate' the restaurant - ie, forcing them to change > > their name. No one disagrees with the need for kosher food, or even > an > > official government marking as such. Again, I think it's the name > thing > > that we are having an issue with. > > > > Howie, slap me around if I misspoke for you. ;) > > > > -rc > > > > > > > No disrespect, but I don't know any religious Jew who would > > > eat at such > > > a place. I've never even seen such a place in existence. Lets put > it > > > > this way, your trusting your spiritual being to another when you > eat > > > > out. Your trusting that they will not feed you food that will > > > spiritually pollute you. If you were allergic to fish and there > was > a > > > store with a fish counter and a meat counter, would you really > trust > > > > them to never mix the two? To never have fish dishes mixed > > > with the meat > > > ones? silverware, serving utensils, work area, anything? No > religious > > > Jew I know would trust it. A meat restaurant is a meat one, a > > > milk one > > > is a milk one and a non-Kosher one is a non-Kosher one. You > > > don't (and > > > can't) mix them in any way. > > > > > > > > > > I have to agree. When delis server both Kosher and non-Kosher > food > > > they plainly label the cases where the Kosher food is, keep it > > > > separate from the non-Kosher and have separate utensils and > slicers > > > just for the Kosher food. > > > > > > > > I think a sign saying Kosher and another saying non-Kosher in > each > > > > respective restaurant would work. > > > > > > > > Howie > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Raymond Camden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 3:50 PM > > > > Subject: RE: McKosher's? > > > > > > > > > > > > > While this seems very important - I think it's pretty > ridiculous > > > > that > > > > > they are trying to force them to change their name. As > > > you say - a > > > name > > > > > is very important. McDonalds has spent a _lot_ of money for > one > > > purpose > > > > > - to spread its name. I may be crazy, but what's wrong > > > with simply > > > > > hanging a sign outside "We are Kosher" or "We are not > > > Koasher." Any > > > > > adult with reasonable intelligence could simply check for > > > that sign. > > > > > McKosher sounds more like a joke then a solution. > > > > > > > > > > -rc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
