Q 01/05

What does the word 'kosher' literally mean?

A) Clean

B) Fit

C) Blessed

D) Holy

Answer · why

B) Fit

It is the Ashkenazi pronunciation of Hebrew kashér.

Q 02/05

What is the Yiddish-derived word for food that is not kosher?

A) Nevelah

B) Chametz

C) Treif

D) Pasul

Answer · why

C) Treif

Pasul is the opposite of kosher for objects; treif originally meant 'torn'.

Q 03/05

Which two books of the Torah supply most of the basic laws of kashrut?

A) Psalms and Proverbs

B) Leviticus and Deuteronomy

C) Genesis and Exodus

D) Numbers and Joshua

Answer · why

B) Leviticus and Deuteronomy

The Torah does not give reasons for most of the rules; some scholars class them as chukim, laws with no rational explanation.

Q 04/05

Which two features must a mammal have to be kosher?

A) Hooves and a mane

B) Cloven hooves and chewing the cud

C) Horns and a tail

D) Fur and four legs

Answer · why

B) Cloven hooves and chewing the cud

The camel, hyrax and hare fail on hooves; the pig fails on rumination.

Q 05/05

Why specifically is the pig excluded as non-kosher?

A) It eats meat

B) It has no horns

C) It does not chew the cud

D) It has no cloven hooves

Answer · why

C) It does not chew the cud

The camel, hyrax and hare are excluded for the opposite reason: they ruminate but lack split hooves.