Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keep kosher

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables: keep- kosher
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to observe the rules of kashrut (Jewish dietary laws)

Example Sentences

"In an amazing halachic twist, the Chofetz Chaim (in Sefer Machaneh Yisroel), writing in the late 19th century to Jewish soldiers in the army, notes that if a soldier has the choice to either go to an army base in which he can keep Shabbat but cannot keep kosher or go to a different army base in which he could keep kosher but not Shabbat, he should choose the base that allows for the observance of kashrut and not Shabbat!"

Etymology

Partial calque of Yiddish האַלטן כּשר (haltn kosher, “to keep kosher”).

Inflected Forms

keeps kosher (present, singular) keeping kosher (participle, present) kept kosher (participle, past) kept kosher (past)

Questions

What does keep kosher mean?: to observe the rules of kashrut (Jewish dietary laws)
Where does keep kosher come from?: Partial calque of Yiddish האַלטן כּשר (haltn kosher, “to keep kosher”).

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