Thinking About Jewish Commitment Services

By Debra Hayes


There is a lot to understand and to appreciate when it comes to being a Jew with its many laws and by laws. Jewish commitment services are there to provide one with a little understanding as to what it is to be Jewish and in looking at the different areas of practice followed by many. For instance, the laws of Kashrut or dietary laws are immense and require a long term study before appreciating them in their entirety.

Apart from this there is a set way a Jew should be mourned on passing. Kosher laws are those laws that govern the way Jews eat food from their planting until there consumption. For some go beyond the letter of the law and will only for example consume dairy products that have been watched and supervised from the time of milking to their packaging.

If watched by fellow Jews then this process is called Chalav Yisroel which many keep over and above other kosher hechshers or stamps of approval. The laws of Kashrut are vast but in essence is derived from the decree that a kid may not be consumed in its mother's milk. This is the basic laws from which all the other laws of kashrut are derived.

From here the milk may be transported to factories where yoghurts and other dairy products are manufactured. Here too the production is supervised by qualified and learned men and women to ensure that no traces of any other materials can enter the production process. The product will then be labeled Chalav Yisroel and consumed by those Jews who will only eat these foods under this certification.

Another service that is provided for by the community is preparing the dead for burial. Here there are laws too that must be abided by, laws that have been handed down from generations up until today. The process of preparing the departed for burial is known as Taharah. Here too volunteers who have been taught what is required are called upon to prepare the body for burial.

Kashrut and kosher laws are many and are governed by the laws which are adhered to by the Beth Din in making certain that products labeled as Kosher are so. This means that there are services within the Jewish Court of Law that physically go to every production house not matter where it is and monitor and ensure that products are being processed that are fit for consumption according to law. There are those that are assigned these tasks and they must have a qualification to do so.

Judaism is steeped in traditions and in customs from how to celebrate life to how to mourn it too. For instance, when someone close dies there is a set prescription that one must follow in carrying out the mourning process. There are periods of mourning such as Shloshim which is the thirty day period.

For every instance of life, there is a way to perform it whether it be going to the bathroom to waking up in the morning. There are services that are found in this Religion that carry out the requirements of law. If failing to find the information online it is best to consult a Beth Din or Jewish court of Law and consult with a Rabbi in person.




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