Our companions make a difference. The old rule of thumb was to examine your five closest friends- because they tell a great deal about you. Now, there’s data that roommates (at colleges) dramatically affect the thinking of one another. If you are assigned a depressed or negative outlook individual- the odds are your outlook will begin to match theirs.
Tag Archives: Kashrut
A Kosher Company?
Many of my friends wonder what this kosher thing is all about. Some think the beef is better than regular meat, others think some rabbi waves a magic wand to make the meat kosher. Let’s get real. Kosher “meat” (as opposed to dairy; all vegetables are kosher) is pretty simple- there are prescribed birds and proscribed animals. Four legged animals must have a cleft hoof and be ruminants (‘chew their cud’ is the more common term). Fish (anything from the sea) must have fins AND scales. And, there’s a list of birds we can have (chicken, duck, etc.). The animals have to be killed immediately and have their blood drained. Those are the basic rules. There’s action afoot to include some other rules, but, to be honest, I doubt they’ll truly catch on. But, that does not mean there haven’t changes.