Editing Kashrut (section)

====Etymology====
[[File:Sklep koszerny.jpg|thumb|Kosher shop in [[Warsaw]], using the Polish spelling of "kosher"]]
In [[Biblical Hebrew|Ancient Hebrew]] the word ''kosher'' ({{langx|he|כשר}}) means ''be advantageous'', ''proper'', ''suitable'', or ''succeed'',<ref>{{cite web |url= http://tmcdaniel.palmerseminary.edu/BDB.pdf |title= A Hebrew and English lexicon of the Old Testament |publisher= Palmer Theological Seminary}}</ref> according to the [[Brown–Driver–Briggs]] Hebrew and English Lexicon. In [[Modern Hebrew]] it generally refers to ''kashrut'' but it can also sometimes mean "proper". For example, the [[Babylonian Talmud]] uses ''kosher'' in the sense of "virtuous" when referring to [[Darius I]] as a "kosher king"; Darius, a [[Persia]]n king (reigned 522–486 BCE), fostered the building of the [[Second Temple]].<ref>[[Rosh Hashanah (tractate)|Tractate ''Rosh Hashanah'']] 3b, ''Schottenstein Edition'', [[Mesorah Publications]] Ltd.</ref> In colloquial [[English language|English]], ''[[wiktionary:kosher|kosher]]'' often means "legitimate", "acceptable", "permissible", "genuine", or "authentic".<ref name="Partridge">{{cite book |author1= Eric Partridge |author2= Tom Dalzell |author3= Terry Victor | title = The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Volume 2, J-Z | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC&pg=PA388 | year = 2006 | publisher = Taylor & Francis | isbn = 978-0-415-25938-5 | page = 388 }}</ref><ref name="Phythian">{{cite book | author = B.A. Phythian | title = A concise dictionary of English slang and colloquialisms | year = 1976 | publisher = The Writer, Inc | isbn = 978-0-87116-099-7 | page = 110 | quote = Kosher Genuine. Fair. Acceptable. }}</ref> The word ''kosher'' can also form part of some common product names.