Friday, September 1, 2017

What Is A Kosher MRE

By Donna Price


You may have been eating while on maneuver when you saw one or two of the platoon mates eating different kind of MRE. The MRE they were eating was labeled kosher MRE or even halal. Thus you may have been wondering is this kind of rations the military was giving you any more special than the regular one that you are eating. Read on in this article so as to increase your knowledge on what is and what is not kosher.

When it comes to halal food and such, this deals with people of the Islamic faith, and with kosher food, this will do with those of the Jewish faith, For the former, guidelines are enforced by imams as set forth in the Koran, and for the latter by guidelines enforced by rabbis as covered in the Torah.

Most people will be familiar with halal food, as this can be seen on labels on items. However, halal, which means allowed, as opposed to haram, which means forbidden. Halal can also cover lifestyle and choices such as hotels, and even fashion and clothing. Sometimes television programs can also have a halal mark or symbol.

Kosher however, is also gaining ground in terms of popularity in the western world, especially when more people also convert to Judaism. The difference in ingredients can be seen as halal food will never contain some artificial additives like MSG or mono sodium glutamate, whilst once in a while it may be allowed in Jewish acceptable food.

Although Islam and Judaism are somewhat related as they both sprang from Abraham there are differences. What is good for one is not halal to the other and vice versa. It pays to never make assumptions base on what limited knowledge one may have or it could lead to embarrassing and sensitive situations.

The ritual preparation of items such as meat form slaughtered animals is one main difference between halal and kosher. For the former, ritual preparations include a lot of prayers to Allah before the slaughter takes place. For the Jews no such prayers are needed as long as the proper person, most preferably a rabbi does the preparation of the meat.

In Jewish foods, alcohol is a permitted ingredient but for halal foods for Muslims it is not. Thus a fruitcake that is good for the Jew may not be good for the Muslim, even though fruits and vegetables are accepted to both. It must be note however, that for a Jew to accept vegetables and fruits these must not contain or come into contact with bugs and such, and that all grapes and grape products must likewise be made by a Jew only or it will never be accepted.

In sum this article has given additional information on what kosher is and what halal is. Hopefully it has shown that in general halal will not be restricted to food only but can also affect other lifestyle choices as well, while in general kosher is restricted to food and dietary intake according to Jewish tradition and customs. In general also the ritual preparation also is sometimes seen as the main difference.




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