Yeshivish glossary term
dam
דם
Meaning
- blood
- blood prohibited for consumption under Jewish law
Alternate spellings
dom
Usage and context
In kashrus context, usually refers to the prohibition on consuming specified blood and the procedures used to remove it.
- Category
- kashrus - meat
- Language origin
- Hebrew
Example in Yeshivish
Melicha is used to remove prohibited dam from meat.
Plain-English example
Salting is used to remove prohibited blood from meat.