Batul
Batul - to nullify. Batul refers to a situation when a small amount of prohibited food is accidentally mixed into a larger amount of a different food....
Bishul Yisroel
Bishul Yisroel refers to the preparation of certain foods for which it is necessary for the Mashgiach to light the fire.
Chodosh
Chodosh, literally, new, refers to the grain (wheat, barley, oats, rye, and spelt) that has not taken root before Passover. It is called "new grain."...
Cholov Yisroel
Cholov Yisroel refers to all dairy productions, including cheese and non-fat dry milk powder, which have been under constant Rabbinical supervision.
Chometz
Chometz, colloquially called "real chometz," refers to products containing fermented grains. These products are biblically prohibited on Passover.
Fleishig
Fleishig meat, denotes meat and poultry products, as well as dishes and utensils used in their preparation.
Glatt
Glatt is the Yiddish word meaning smooth, and refers to beef from kosher slaughtered animals whose lungs are free of adhesions. Kosher consumers who a...
Halacha
Halacha, literally, the path that one walks. It refers to Jewish Law, the complete body of rules and practices that Jews are bound to follow, includin...
Hashgacha
Hashgacha, literally, supervision, generally refers to kosher supervision.
Hechsher
Hechsher refers to the certification of a kosher product or ingredient, given by a Rabbi or a kosher supervisory agency.
Kasher
Kasher ; to make kosher, usually applied to the salting and soaking procedures used in the production of kosher meat and poultry. The term is also use...
Kashrus
Used to describe the general topic and field of kosher laws and observance.
Keilim
Vessels or utensils.
Kitniyos
Legumes, are those grains that can be cooked and baked in a fashion similar to chometz grain and yet are not considered, in the eyes of halacha, to be...
Kli rishon/Keli Sheni
Kli rishon, literally the first utensil, refers to a utensil that is used for cooking, baking or roasting food or liquid, and contains that hot food o...
Kosher
Kosher is the Hebrew word meaning fit or proper, designating foods whose ingredients and manufacturing procedures comply with Jewish dietary laws.
