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  2. Ancient Israelite cuisine - Wikipedia

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    This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Part of a series on Jews and Judaism Etymology Who is a Jew? Religion God in Judaism (names) Principles of faith Mitzvot (613) Halakha Shabbat Holidays Prayer Tzedakah Land of Israel Brit Bar and bat mitzvah Marriage Bereavement Baal teshuva Philosophy Ethics Kabbalah Customs Rites Synagogue Rabbi ...

  3. Cultural references to chickens - Wikipedia

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    The poet Cratinus calls the chicken "the Persian alarm". In Aristophanes's comedy The Birds (414 BC) a chicken is called "the Median bird", which points to an introduction from the East. Pictures of chickens are found on Greek red figure and black-figure pottery. In Ancient Greece, chickens were still rare and were rather prestigious food for ...

  4. Shechita - Wikipedia

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    The animal must be of a permitted species. For mammals, this is restricted to ruminants which have split hooves. [2] For birds, although biblically any species of bird not specifically excluded in Deuteronomy 14:12–18 would be permitted, [3] doubts as to the identity and scope of the species on the biblical list led to rabbinical law permitting only birds with a tradition of being permissible.

  5. Schmaltz - Wikipedia

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    Schmaltz (also spelled schmalz or shmalz) is rendered (clarified) chicken or goose fat.It is an integral part of traditional Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, where it has been used for centuries in a wide array of dishes, such as chicken soup, latkes, matzah brei, chopped liver, matzah balls, fried chicken, and many others, as a cooking fat, spread, or flavor enhancer.

  6. Kapparot - Wikipedia

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    The Shochet with Rooster by Israel Tsvaygenbaum, 1997. On the afternoon before Yom Kippur, one prepares an item to be donated to the poor for consumption at the pre-Yom Kippur meal, [4] recites the two biblical passages of Psalms 107:17–20 and Job 33:23–24, and then swings the prepared charitable donation over one's head three times while reciting a short prayer three times.

  7. What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat? - Wikipedia

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    What Did the Ancient Israelites Eat? Diet in Biblical Times is a 2008 book by Nathan MacDonald that discusses the foods eaten by Israelites during the time that the Bible was written. MacDonald, a theologian who serves as a lecturer at St Andrews University , used biblical texts [ 1 ] as well as archaeological and anthropological evidence in ...

  8. ‘Chicken from Hell’ — an ‘unusual’ ancient species — once ...

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    Millions of years ago, a bird-like dinosaur, known as the “chicken from Hell,” roamed the North American continent. Weighing around 170 pounds, it sported a toothless beak and was blanketed by ...

  9. Kosher animals - Wikipedia

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    Such allegorical explanations were abandoned by most Jewish and Christian theologians after a few centuries, and later writers instead sought to find medical explanations for the rules; Nachmanides, for example, claimed that the black and thickened blood of birds of prey would cause psychological damage, making people much more inclined to cruelty.