Treif

Word TREIF
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What do we mean by treif?

Unclean and unfit for consumption according to dietary law; not kosher. adjective

Alternative spelling of treyf. adjective

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The word "treif" in example sentences

Harif · October 18th, 2007 at 9:33 am that does make them kofrim, and in fact, means that their hegemony over the shchita industry in this country is hugely problematic, since it would render the food treif, which is, I suspect, the real reason that no one is being quick to try to boot them out ❋ Unknown (2007)

And furthermore, IMO Dr. Berger may be a little blunter than one might hope for, but *if* it is true that a significant number of Lubavitchers believe that their deceased rebbe is divine, then that does make them kofrim, and in fact, means that their hegemony over the shchita industry in this country is hugely problematic, since it would render the food treif, which is, I suspect, the real reason that no one is being quick to try to boot them out I think Berger may have pointed this out somewhere in his book. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I had to look "treif" up because I knew there was a Yiddish or maybe Hebrew word for it but couldn't quite remember it. ❋ EAGEAGEAG (2009)

I have the impression that "Jewish Ideas Daily," perhaps like other projects supported by the Tikvah Fund, is so paternalistic that it will not allow anything "treif" that deviates from the old school Zionist consensus to be published, unless it is immediately contested. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Sam and I found temporal refuge and perceived sanctuary on those Yom Kippurs, scurried away in anonymous naugahyde booths eating treif. ❋ Ali Berlow (2011)

Establishments that serve kosher food, including restaurants, cafés, catering halls and butcher shops, need to have a mashgiach on hand, an on-site supervisor, typically a rabbi, assigned to stand around and watch, guarding against treif or unkosher ingredients that could slip in. ❋ Lucette Lagnado (2011)

As I listen to Jews discuss which positions on Israel are now kosher or treif, I realize how quickly those borders can and do change, and I admire even more Rabbi Eisenstein's visionary commitment to keep the conversation open. ❋ Nancy Fuchs Kreimer (2011)

There's a sordid history of lax supervision of kosher-for-Passover food, substitution of cheaper treif meat in butcher shops, and rabbis selling high priced kosher certifications with no oversight in exchange. ❋ Rabbi Jason Miller (2010)

When possible, I endeavour to redeem my "treif-ness". ❋ Unknown (2008)

You rude, crude, and socially unacceptable treif thing, you! ❋ Unknown (2008)

Let us know when you're doing these kinds of things well in advance from now on, you treif thing, you! ❋ Unknown (2008)

On my travels abroad, and especially my trips to Germany, I am very careful not to eat treif. ❋ Unknown (2009)

From you, hazlitt, I take that as a criticism worthy of disregard. phil, I trust all the Pesachdikke kelim have been stached for another year of treif! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Those who observe Jewish dietary laws consider any food lacking one of a handful of such symbols, known as hechsherim, as treif, or unkosher. ❋ Unknown (2007)

I had to look up treif and I was never Bar Mitzvahed because my parents were going through an awful divorce when I was 13. ❋ EAGEAGEAG (2009)

The second father is Haykl (“Haykl latnik”), a simple tailor content with his life in the shtetl, in sharp contrast to another character, also a tailor, who is modern, Zionist and competitive and whose son is already “guzzling treif food.” ❋ Unknown (2009)

Everyone wanted the commission -- even if the stuff was treif. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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