Food

Food is an essential element of human life and a significant subject in Jewish texts. In addition to narratives of eating and cooking in biblical stories, there are many commandments related to food and cooking. These include the laws of what Jews may and may not eat, known as kashrut, the offering of sacrifices, the prohibition against eating chametz, the obligation to eat matzah during Passover, and the separation of terumot and ma'aserot, among others.