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Orthodox Jews arent allowed to eat eggs without checking for blood spots
Orthodox Jews eat and drink according to their dietary laws which are detailed and specific about every meal and the ingredients used to prepare them.
Although egg is considered a “kosher” food and adheres to the standards of the traditional Jewish diet, it is prohibited from eating should it contain a blood spot. An orthodox Jewish woman explains the reason.
Why orthodox Jews don’t eat eggs with blood spot
Miriam Ezagui is a popular TikToker and L&D nurse. She identifies herself as an orthodox Jewish mom . Most of her videos aim to educate people about her life as a Jew.
In one of her latest videos on TikTok, she discusses blood in meat prohibited from her traditional diet. Coincidentally, she spots a speck of blood (or, looks like it) in the yolk of an egg she just broke.
She says a blood spot in the egg indicates that it could be fertilized. “What constitutes a true blood spot is a fertilized egg, which is very unlikely these days,” she says.
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Although the probability of a store-brought egg being fertilized is really low, provided male and female chickens are kept separately, she wouldn’t take a chance if she spotted anything remotely close to blood in her egg.
“So, I could take a picture and send it to a rabbi – somebody who is more knowledgeable about these areas than I am,” the Jewish mom explains.
What does ‘Kosher’ mean?
“Kosher” is an English word derived from the Hebrew root kash�r, writes Healthline. It means to be “pure, proper, or suitable for consumption .
Jewish dietary laws are comprehensive and offer a “rigid framework of rules” about how foods are produced, processed, and prepared before consumption.
The religion bans specific combinations of foods that can be eaten individually provided there is a certain gap between each meal.
For example, orthodox Jews aren’t allowed to eat meat with dairy and there has to be a minimum gap of six hours between meals including either.
Meanwhile, pareve are food items considered “neutral” and can be eaten alongside meat or dairy. Fish and eggs are considered pareve, which have their own set of rules.
