How do the Kosher Dietary laws affect the lives of Jews
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The Orthodox Jew always follows the Kosher Food Laws. This law tells the Orthodox Jews what foods can and cannot be eaten and how the foods must be prepared and eaten. 'Kashrut' comes from the Hebrew word meaning fit, proper or correct. The word Kosher is also used to describe the ritual objects that are fit for ritual use.
Kosher food is not a style of cooking, but is food which is prepared in the way the Jewish law says.
The only thing that makes it difficult to keep Kosher is that the rest of the world does not keep Kosher.
The rules for keeping Kosher are quite simple. If you buy your meat from a Kosher butcher and buy only kosher certified products form the supermarket, the only thing that needs to be done is to keep meat and dairy products separate.
It would be difficult for an Orthodox Jew to eat in a non Kosher restaurant or at the home of a person who did not keep Kosher. In these situations the Jewish person might not know which ingredients had been used and the way the food was prepared and this would make it difficult to keep Kosher - however it could be that this was a deliberate act of God to make it difficult for Jews to socialise with those who are non Jews...