Wat is Kosher?
Kosher means " Fit " in requirement to Jewish dietary laws, which means that when products are on the Kashrus list and certifified, the food is Fit to eat.
But there is more to it then only the food, this can be bought in certified Kosher shops, or with the Kashrut list in a local grocer, but in both cases always check, because today it is Kosher, tomorrow it might not be, as it is not be certified as Kosher anymore, often due to faulty preparation. To get your groceries is not a problem, and meat can be bought at your local shochet, or order online.
It not really dificult to maintain Kosher, two sets of everything, to keep dairy separated from meat, plastic bowls for parve, keeping everything separate in the kitchen and in de refrigerator as wel on the counters.
The dificulty lies more in the outside world, as not everybody is keeping Kosher and non Kosher restaurant are just off limits. When you are somewhere in the middle of nowhere, somewhere in unfamiliar surroundings, just check the products on the Kashrus list for food you can eat, or hot drinks in karton or plastic cups, with plastic spoons solves the problem.
Sometimes when we are invited to dinner at someone else house, a non- Kosher household, and we decline politely the invitation, it is not that we don't appreciate the invitation or not being very sociable, but more to keep the kosher.
There is so much more, just check out the link below.
Allison Josephs🔹️ Is Kosher food blessed by a Rabbi?
🔹️ Kashrus
🔹️ There is so much information available, and as it is too much, and too little space on here,and I could fill my whole website with it! Instead I chose to share a link from Chabad, it covers everthing a person needs to know about Keeping it Kosher.
The Kelim Mikveh
The Kelim Mikveh or Tevilas Kelim is a mitzvah that involes immersing cooking untensils, glas and metal before we use it. The immersing is to purify and sanctify the untensils and preparing them for kosher use.
The Jewish table is like an altar and it holiness is compared to the Beis HaMikdash - Avodah 75b
Before all untensils can be used in the kosher kitchen, its has to be immersed to it holiness in a mikveh.
Immersing in the kelim mikveh is only for untensils, metals and glass.
Pots and pans, kettles, dishes, silverware, parts of blenders and mixers ( which comes in contact with food )
When you hav one or several item you just recite one blessing for all items.
BA-RUCH A-TAH ADO-NOI ELO-HAI-NU ME-LECH HA’O-LAM A-SHER KID-SHA-NU B’-MITZ-VO-TAV V’TZI-VA-NU AL TE-VI-LAT KE-LI (KAI-LIM).
Kelim Mikveh