Is shark meat Kosher?

I%26#039;m just wondering, because Jews are only supposed to eat fish with scales. Does that apply only to the dermal scales of the teleostomic fish, or are the placoid scales of the chondrichthyes, which are homologous to teeth , also included?

Is shark meat Kosher?
No, sharks don%26#039;t have scales. The scales are also supposed to be easy to remove, without significant tearing of the skin. If the scales are hard to remove they are not considered scales, but part of the fish.





http://kosherquest.org/bookhtml/Illustra...





Notice the trend in appearance of kosher fish.
Reply:I can%26#039;t wait til someone answers this question! I would love to know myself. Good question.
Reply:good question. I use to work in a fish department %26amp; I don%26#039;t recall seeing K or U%26#039;s on fish packages.
Reply:Don%26#039;t eat too much Shark, it%26#039;s not good for you.
Reply:As long as the shark is killed according to kosher guidelines, yes.
Reply:It is kosher as well as halal
Reply:It would be, if you could find a rabbi who would drain it%26#039;s blood and kill and process it according to Kosher guidelines.





Good luck finding that!
Reply:Yep.





The laws of kashrut derive from various passages in the Torah, and are numerous and complex, but the key principles are as follows:





* Only meat from particular species is permissible:


o Mammals that both chew their cud (ruminate) and have cloven hooves are kosher. Animals with one characteristic but not the other (the camel, the hyrax and the hare because they have no cloven hooves, and the pig because it does not ruminate) are specifically excluded (Leviticus 11:3-8).[2]


o Birds must fit certain criteria; birds of prey are not kosher. There must be an established tradition that a bird is kosher before it can be consumed.[3]


o Fish must have fins and scales to be kosher (Leviticus 11:9-12). Shellfish and non-fish water fauna are not kosher.[4]


o Insects are not kosher, except for certain species of kosher locust (unrecognized in almost all communities).[5]


o Many wild game would be kosher if they coud be shechted but as they are wild and cannot be tamed it would be impossible to shecht without desacrating one of the requirements as well as giving a misconception that all wild game are kosher.


* Meat and milk (or derivatives) cannot be mixed, i.e. meat and dairy products are not served at the same meal, served or cooked in the same utensils, or stored together. Observant Jews have separate sets of dishes for meat and milk.[6]


* Mammals and fowl must be slaughtered in specific fashion: slaughter is done by a trained individual (a shochet) using a special method of slaughter, shechita (Deuteronomy 12:21). Among other features, shechita slaughter severs the jugular vein, carotid artery, esophagus and trachea in a single continuous cutting movement with an unserrated, sharp knife, avoiding unnecessary pain to the animal. Failure of one of these criteria renders the meat of the animal unsuitable. The body must be checked post-slaughter so as to be certain that the animal had no medical condition or defect that would have caused it to die of its own accord within a year, which would make the meat unsuitable.[7]


* Blood must be removed as much as possible (Leviticus 17:10) through the kashering process; this is usually done through soaking and salting the meat, but organs rich in blood (the liver) are grilled over an open flame.[8]


* Utensils used for non-kosher foods are rendered non-kosher, and will transfer that non-kosher status to kosher foods. Some utensils, depending on the material they are made from, can be made kosher again by immersion in boiling water.


* Food that is prepared by Jews in a manner which violates the Shabbat (Sabbath) may not be eaten until the Shabbat is over.[9]


* Passover has special dietary rules, the most important of which is the prohibition on eating leavened bread or derivatives of this (chametz, Exodus 12:15). Utensils used in preparing and serving chametz are also forbidden on Passover unless they have been cleansed (kashering).[10] Observant Jews traditionally have separate sets of meat and dairy utensils for Passover use only.


* Certain foods must have been prepared in whole or in part by Jews, including:


o Wine[11]


o Certain cooked foods (bishul akum)[12]


o Cheese (gvinat akum) and according to some also butter (chem%26#039;at akum)[13]


o According to many: certain dairy products (Hebrew: חלב ישראל chalav Yisrael %26quot;milk of Israel%26quot;)[13][14]


o According to some: bread (under certain circumstances) (Pat Yisrael)[15]


* Biblical rules control the use of agriculture produce: for produce grown in the Land of Israel a modified version of the Biblical tithes must be applied, including Terumat HaMaaser, Maaser Rishon, Maaser Sheni, and Maaser Ani (untithed produce is called tevel); the fruit of the first three years of a tree’s growth or replanting are forbidden for eating or any other use as orlah [2]; produce grown in the Land of Israel on the seventh year is Shviis, and unless managed carefully is forbidden as a violation of the Shmita (Sabbatical Year).
Reply:Wow....never thought of this queston. I%26#039;m gonna keep an ee on it....





As for my opinion, I don;t think that it is kosher because ,bottom line, it does not have scales. I am not Jewish, bu this is what i think, from the Jewish people I know.....hmmm, I%26#039;ve never heard about them eating shark.....interesting.....





God Bless.
Reply:No, sharks are unclean, because they must have both fins and scales, and sharks have no real scales. They have a tough hide, but no scales like on most fish.


Scallops are also unclean, because they do not fit this category, so it wouldn%26#039;t matter whether they were real or plugs.
Reply:you%26#039;re not eating that nasty shark-fin soup again are you? yeach!





sharks on endangered. lets not focus on kosher or halal and worry about extincting a species!





EDIT: true, but all shark-fin soup is gross! ;)
Reply:I am pretty sure this is actually covered.





I think the short version is that the scales have to be able to be removed without destroying the skin of the fish.





sharks are generally out!
Reply:- just to correct JOSH: no Rabbi ever %26#039;drains the blood%26#039; of any animal. Where on earth did you get this idea???





To the asker: if it has fins and scales, we can eat it. As people here have noted, a shark does not have %26#039;proper%26#039; scales, so am guessing the answer is %26#039;no%26#039; to shark.
Reply:Eating shark is illegal in almost every country so why does it matter?



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