1. Kashrut - Jewish Law and the Purity System
... Jews. It is important to recognise that many Jews choose not to follow any level of kosher, despite kosher viewed as a major component of Jewish identity (Novak, 2005). The past two decades have seen Reform Judaism re-engage in various Torah instructions with a resurgence of kashrut through kosher observance. A wide range of options are now available and an ... include practising strict kashrut, biblical kashrut (refraining from the foods known as Tamei in the Torah) to not observing kashrut at all. Contemporary views embrace kashrut at home only with observance limited outside of the hom...
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