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"Eating Jewishly" means, first and foremost, the observance of the Kosher dietary laws. But it is also means eating with awareness -- awareness of the true Source of our sustenance, and of the purpose of eating.

A blessing is recited before and after eating, and the hands are ritually washed before partaking of bread. Food is accorded proper respect, and "one's table is similar to the Altar in the Holy Temple" -- for eating, too, is a way of serving G-d.