Kashrut (also kashruth or kashrus, כַּשְׁרוּת‎) is a set of Jewish religious dietary laws. Food that may be consumed according to halakha (Jewish law) is termed kosher /ˈkoʊʃər/ in English, from the Ashkenazi pronunciation of the Hebrew term kashér (כָּשֵׁר‎), meaning fit (in this context, fit for consumption).