kasher

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Definitions

  • v. To make something kosher.

  • n. An upright person.

Example Sentences

  • "She needed to kasher the kitchen before Passover."

  • "He poured boiling water over all the silverware to kasher it for Pesach.” (JPS)

  • "No, we're complaining to you, because you're the one casting chshad on kesheirim." (source)

  • "What if a woman is alone with two men — one of whom is a kasher while the other is known to be a parutz?" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish
  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • verb: TH כָּשֵׁר > Y כּשר kosher
    noun: TH כשרים‎

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).
      • Dictionary of Jewish Usage: A Popular Guide to the Use of Jewish Terms, by Sol Steinmetz (Lanham, MD, 2005).
      • The Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert (New York, 1992).

Notes

  • "[Kasher is often] used when referring to the process of making meat kosher by washing, soaking, and salting it in a prescribed fashion. This must be done before it can be cooked, to drain the flesh of as much blood as possible. Today, most kosher meat comes already kashered, ready to be cooked and eaten. Kasher also refers to the process of heating and cleaning utensils and dishes so that they can be used for kosher cooking. It can also refer to cleaning a kitchen and its contents of hametz in preparation for Pesach." (JPS)

    plural: 'kesheyrim'

    See also kosher.

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