Legal Opinion
Commack Self-Service Kosher Meats, Inc. v. Weiss
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 21, 2002No. Docket Nos. 00-9116, 00-9118PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MINER, Circuit Judge.
The word “kosher” has been part of the vernacular for some time as a synonym for correct, genuine, or legitimate. See 8 Oxford English Dictionary 758 (1971). Its original meaning, however, lies in the centuries-old Jewish law of kashrut, the Hebrew noun from which “kosher” is derived. Kashrut encompasses the entire body of rules relating to foods that may be consumed as well as to the preparation of such foods. The Hebrew National company, a well-known purveyor of kosher hot dogs and other kosher food products, has long marketed its goods with the slogan, “[w]e answer to…
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