כָּשֵׁר II m. (b. h.; preced.) 1) fit, esp. kasher, ritually permitted, legal, opp. פסול, טרפה. Fem. כְּשֵׁרָה, כְּשֵׁירָה. Ḥull. I, 4 כ׳ בשחיטה פסול במליקה what is legal in slaughtering (cutting the throat) is illegal in pinching (the neck). Ib. שְׁחִיטָתוֹ כ׳ his act of slaughtering has been properly executed. Kidd. IV, 6 בתו כ׳ לכהונה his daughter is fit to marry a priest. Gitt. IX, 4 הולד כ׳ the issue is legitimate, is under no religious or civil disabilities; a. v. fr.—Pl. כְּשֵׁרִים, כְּשֵׁרִין, כְּשֵׁי׳; f. כְּשֵׁרוֹת, כְּשֵׁי׳. Ḥull. III, 2 אלו כ׳ בבהמה the following defects in a domestic animal are kasher, i.e. do not make the animals unfit for eating. Ib. 3 אם אדומים כ׳ if they (the entrails) are red (have their natural color) they are (the animal is) kasher; a. v. fr. —2) worthy, honest, of noble conduct. Ber. II, 7 כ׳ היה he was a worthy man. Kidd. IV, 14 הכ׳ שבטבחים the best of butchers; a. fr.—Pl. as ab. Ib. רובן כ׳ are mostly honest men, opp. רשעים. Y. Yoma III, end, 41ᵇ כְּשַׁירֵי כל דור ודור the worthiest of every generation; Y. Shek. V, beg. 48ᶜ. Y. Dem. VI, 25ᵈ top (ref. to Mish. Dem. VI, 6 צנועי בית הלל) מהו צנועי כְּשֵׁירֵי in what sense is צנועי here used? In the sense of K’sheré (the worthies of the house of Hillel). Yoma 19ᵇ, v. חָשַׁד; a. fr.—[Y. Shebi. VI, 36ᶜ top שאין כשירין, read: מַכְשִׁירִין, v. כָּשֵׁר I.] —3) apt, convenient. Mekh. Bo, s. 16; Tanḥ. Bo 11 חדש שהוא כ׳ וכ׳ a month convenient to you, when it is not too warm &c.