Kosher meat must come from an animal that chews its cud and has split hooves. (Cows, sheep and goats are kosher; rabbits, kangaroos, lions, tigers and fox are not).
Kangaroos (and their little cousins, wallabies) are not kosher and may not be eaten by Jews. For that matter, neither are any marsupials (including koalas, possums, opossums, wombats, and Tasmanian devils). They don't chew their cud and have split hooves, as kosher mammals must (see Leviticus 11).
A kangaroo does not chew the cud and does not have a cloven hoof.
Only those with cloven hoof and that chew their cuds, such as oxen, sheep, goats, deer, gazelles, roebuck, wild goats, ibex, antelopes, and mountain sheep. Pigs — the best-known non-kosher mammal — are not kosher because they do not chew their cuds. Other non kosher mammals include camels and rabbits.
Mammals: A mammal is kosher if it has split hooves and chews its cud. It must have both kosher signs. Examples: cows, sheep, goats and deer are kosher; pigs, rabbits, squirrels, bears, dogs, cats, camels and horses are not. Fowl: The Torah lists 24 non-kosher bird species—mostly predatory and scavenger birds.
They're still quite popular though. It bears adding that they're not kosher. The Torah specifies that no rodent is kosher, so they can't be sold here as lunch meat.
Giraffes chew their cud and have split hooves, so it is technically a kosher species. Thus, if it were slaughtered, deveined, and salted according to Jewish law, its meat would be kosher. In practice, it does not seem that there is commercially available kosher giraffe meat.
Meat – includes red meat and poultry.
Kosher meat must come from an animal that chews its cud and has split hooves. (Cows, sheep and goats are kosher; rabbits, kangaroos and fox are not).
No, as all meat from reptiles and amphibians are not permitted in kosher diets. Additionally, frogs' legs are also forbidden in halal diets. On the contrary, frogs' legs were not considered meat during medieval times, making them acceptable for Christians to eat during Lent.
» Because the Torah allows eating only animals that both chew their cud and have cloven hooves, pork is prohibited. So are shellfish, lobsters, oysters, shrimp and clams, because the Old Testament says to eat only fish with fins and scales.
Land animals must chew cud and bear uncloven hooves, letting out not just swine, but frogs, raccoons, possums, camels, and, incidentally, all apes, including human beings.
In addition, they exclude non-fish marine creatures, such as crustaceans (lobster, crab, prawn, shrimp, barnacle, etc.), molluscs (squid, octopus, oyster, periwinkle, etc.), sea cucumbers, and jellyfish.
In the past, kangaroo meat was more widely accepted. It was always eaten by aboriginal Australians, for whom the succulent tail, roasted in a pitful of embers, is a particular delicacy.
Like all reptiles and amphibians, alligators and crocodiles are not kosher. This means that their meat may not be consumed by Jewish people.
No kosher marsupials — forget about Roo, Wallaby, Koala, and Wombat — they're all traif.
Kosher pareve means food that is prepared without meat, milk or their derivatives. Examples of kosher foods are beef, chicken, salmon, tuna and milk. Dark chocolate is considered Kosher since it only contains cocoa beans, vanilla beans, and sugar.
Some parts of kashrut—the laws of the traditional Jewish diet, aka keeping kosher—are easy to understand. Pigs are forbidden, along with the meat of any mammal that doesn't possess a rumen and split hooved feet, such as camel, horse, and platypus.
We read in Leviticus 11:4, “The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a split hoof; it is unclean for you.” This tells us that camel is not kosher and may not be eaten. For that matter, neither is camel milk (which is commercially available in the US).
Only eggs from kosher fowl are kosher. These include chicken, Cornish hens, ducks, geese, and turkey. The prohibition of eating blood applies even to the smallest drop of blood, and thus any blood spots found in an egg renders the egg non-kosher.
Roast lamb was eaten at Passover until A.D. 70, when the Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed. In memory of this, the eating of roasted lamb was prohibited. But many Jews find lamb acceptable as long as it is not roasted but cooked in a pan with liquid.
In order for items to be designated as kosher meat, they must meet the following requirements: Kosher meat must come from an animal that chews its cud and has split hooves. (Cows, sheep and goats are kosher; rabbits, kangaroos, lions, tigers and fox are not).
Before you worry about what you're going to eat this Thanksgiving, note that the debate about turkey is long over and turkey is accepted as kosher by almost all Jews. (I did find one exception in my research, but that seems to be limited to the descendants of one specific rabbi's family.)
Elephant meat is also forbidden by Jewish dietary laws because they do not have cloven hooves and they are not ruminants.
Like horses, zebras are not kosher, since they neither chew their cud nor have split hooves.
Non-kosher fish include swordfish, shark, eel, octopus, and skate, as well as all shellfish, clams, crabs, lobster, oyster and shrimp. For a complete listing of kosher fish, see the Kosher Fish List. The definition of fins and scales must be as designated by Jewish law.