There’s no specific prohibition against eating pork. The law says that Jews must only eat animals that have a cloven hoof and chew the cud. Pigs fall into neither category. It has nothing to do with availability or cleanliness.
Probably not. There's little evidence that hygiene had to do with it. Most likely it was about separation of the tribes. Back in the day there were all these tribes wandering around Canaan. In order to develop and maintain tribal loyalty the leaders found ways to make their tribe seem special so they instituted restrictions and told their followers that this was the word of God. Those restrictions were largely in the context of what other tribes did: If they eat certain things, we don't. If they pray this way, we pray that. Some of these behaviours became defining, others got lost over time or because they were not practical to maintain, or because social mores meant that people were no longer prepared to adhere. By this time the rabbis were pretty good at following the lead of the people, or adapting the rules, rather than risk them abandoning a faith that didn't fit their value system.
I hope this fine specimen has not been turned into some luxury strap!
Perhaps it’s a Hasidic thing then the ones I talked to said they are unclean animals and forbidden I’m just kinda into religions like to read about all of them. For a while I was in the Bob Dylan religion of the month club but I settled back into the one I was born into. I find some good in all religions regardless
I've read theories about this. My intepretation is that it was easier to make an inclusive list than an exclusive list, because inclusive is smaller. The (not) mixing the meat and dairy must have come from too much cross-contamination. I'm guessing for shellfish that someone noticed they are bottom-feeding scavengers.
Well that didn’t take long. Your prize- a crispy resistor!
My God, I do love that!
We Jammin'
But............ we gotta have pictures or it really didn't happen!
I'm guessing for shellfish that someone noticed they are bottom-feeding scavengers.
I thought that was lawyers ...
I'm guessing for shellfish that someone noticed they are bottom-feeding scavengers.
That's actually my watch collecting strategy. Would you like to see a picture of my Calamari Luminor Marina?
a photo of a octopus would be entirely in keeping with this thread
Since you mentioned octopus, the film My Octopus Teacher on Netflix is absolutely wonderful. I can't praise it enough. It is a documentary about a diver who visited the same place every day and gained the trust of an octopus who lived there.
