za16ao@sdccsu3.UUCP (12/07/83)
Kashrut is approximately equivalent to "Separation". It has to do with ritual cleanliness and symbolic separation. Hygiene is an often used, but badly supported reason. Seperation is a recurring theme in Judaism and covers many of their laws. -- -=< Lady Arwen >=- ...sdcsvax!sdccsu3!arwen