Hechsherとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Hebrew הכשר‎ (“prior approval”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛkʃəɹ/

名詞

hechsher (複数形 hechshers または hechsherim)

1. A certification that a food product or establishment is kosher.
2. A marking indicating that a food product has such a certification.
   • 2004 October 3, Shlomo Chaim, “Simple questions (yah, right)”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated‎^[1] (Usenet):

     I notice Pepsi and other kinds of sodas at the shul and at various frum households. Hey, man, there ain't no hekhshers on that stuff. What gives?

動詞

hechsher (三人称単数 現在形 hechshers, 現在分詞 hechshering, 過去形および過去分詞形 hechshered)

1. To certify as kosher.
   • 2004 November 17, animzmirot, “Keeping Kosher?”, in alt.tv.amazing-race‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Kashrut means that you eat ONLY foods that have been supervised and hechshered by a specific organization that is responsible for watching the manufacture and packaging of any particular product. It is NOT just avoiding pigs and shellfish.