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Is Herrings kosher?

Yes — Herrings is kosher under Jewish dietary law.

Herrings has fins and scales, which are the two requirements for kosher fish under Jewish dietary law (Leviticus 11:9-12).

Herrings

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Also known as
Alewife, Altantic, Atlantic, Blueback, European Sardine, European sardine, Gizzard Shad, Gizzard shads, Glut Herring, Herring, Hickory Shad, Hickory shad, Menhaden, Menhadens, Mossbunker, Pacific Herring, Pacific Sardine, Pacific herring, Pacific sardine, Pilchard, River Herring, Sardine, Shad, Shads, Spanish Sardine, Spanish sardines, Spart, Thread Herring, blueback, mossbunkers, pilchard
Kosher status
Kosher

About Herrings

Herrings (Family Clupeidae), Including: Atlantic and Pacific herring (Clupae harengus subspecies); thread herrings (Opisthonema species); Shads (Alosa species); Shad or glut herring, or blueback (Alosa aestivalis); Hickory shad (Alosa mediocris); Alewife or river herring (Alosa pseudoharengus); Gizzard shads (Dorosoma species); Menhadens or mossbunkers (Brevoortia species); Spanish sardines (Sardineila anchovia); European sardine or pilchard (Sardina pilchardus); Pacific sardine or pilchard (Sardinops sagax); Spart (Sprattus sprattus)

Source: kosherfish.co/kosher-fish-list (snapshot 2025-12-19); legacy csv

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