Sunday, April 6, 2008

The IDF's first 'glatt* kosher' commandos

Yaakov Katz , THE JERUSALEM POST Apr. 6, 2008
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1207238165648&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=38825
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*For meat to be kosher, it must come from a kosher animal and be slaughtered in a kosher way. For meat to be glatt kosher, in addition to the two above conditions, the meat must also come from an animal with adhesion-free or smooth lungs. The word glatt means smooth in Yiddish. In Jewish Law, the term glatt is used to refer to the lungs of animals. After the animal is slaughtered, the animal is opened and examined to determine whether the lungs are smooth. If defects on the lungs are found, the meat is considered treif (torn, mortally injured, non-kosher). If the lungs are found to be defect-free or smooth, the meat is considered to be glatt kosher.
http://kosherfood.about.com/od/kosherbasics/f/glatt.htm
[italics mine. lw]

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