There’s a lot that goes into making food kosher, but none of that has to do with a Rabbi blessing it. The kosher laws fall into four basic categories. 1. The types of animals that are kosher to eat. 2. The way those animals are slaughtered 3. Foods that can’t be cooked together 4. Agricultural laws (most of which are only applicable for food grown in Israel) Kosher animals have split hooves and chew their cud (cows are kosher, lions are not), although there are also rules for birds, fish, and bu