What can Jewish people eat and not eat?
Jews cannot eat the meat from any land animal that does not both chew its cud and have split hooves, aquatic life must have both fins and scales, scavenger birds, . The list of permitted and unpermitted animals are in Leviticus 11.
Another prohibition is the mixing of milk and meat together, based on the verses Exodus 23:19, Deuteronomy 14:21. Nothing which contains blood, based on the verse Leviticus 17:14, Leviticus 19:26, Deuteronomy 12:16.
All fruits and vegetables are permitted.
Food is considered kosher or not kosher based on the guidelines laid out in the Torah. According to Leviticus 11:3, the criteria for four-footed animals are that they must have divided hooves, entirely cloven feet, and chew the cud.That means sheep, goats and cattle are among the kosher meats, but pigs, horses and camels are not. Fish are okay as long as they have both fins and scales. (Leviticus 11:0)No other kind of seafood is allowed. Most kinds of fowl commonly eaten in western cultures are kosher, including chicken, turkey, pheasant, duck, goose and quail. The biblical list of forbidden birds is essentially a list of scavengers and birds of prey. Eagles, hawks, vultures and the like are out. Creatures which do not fit neatly into one of these categories are generally unkosher. Lizards, snakes, rodents, bats and most insects are not kosher. The only kosher insects are certain kinds of locust. (Remember John the Baptist!) Another important dietary rule in rabbinic Judaism is that me
