Right, but remember that kosher does not necessarily equal Biblical law. Under kosher law, Biblical dietary laws are often be made even stricter than intended by God.
I read the article, and figured this is worth pointing out. Even though the website is called Torah Musings, the article in question contains 22 out of the 23 footnotes sourced to the Talmud.
A good example of the extra-Biblical teachings are the rules against mixing dairy products and meat in the same dish. You are not allowed to mix meat and milk or meat and cheese under kosher law.
Why do you suppose that is?
Deuteronomy 14:21
Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God.Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
The last part of this verse is referring to cooking a baby goat in its mother's milk, which was forbidden for a much different reason that the simple fact it was mixing dairy with meat.
I don't agree with all of the conclusions, but there is a lot of interesting information about this topic in this course description for a class offered at Quartz Hill School of Theology as well-
In conclusion, the Torah does not forbid eating meat and milk or eating meat and cheese at the same time. It forbids the practice of pagan fertility rituals involving goats only.
There was a fascinating opinion on this by Dennis Prager, one which I think fits thematically with the Bible.
One thing the Bible does is it draws distinctions between life and death, male and female, holy and unholy, good and evil.
The first example is creation where G-d separates light from darkness, land from sea, etc.
And with the word "know" in the Bible meaning sexual intercourse -- or mingling -- the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil -- knowledge -- might be the opposite of what we usually believe.
It's not that the fruit allowed Adam and Eve to see the difference between good and evil. It was the opposite. It made them confused, so that good looked evil, evil looked good. (Woe to those, say the prophets).
Prager's observation on milk and meat was rather profound. He observed that milk is a food that the mother gives to the child -- and still remains alive herself. It's a "life" food.
Meat, on the other hand, requires the death of the animal in order to provide that meat. A "death" food.
Hence, part of the separation was not to intermingle life and death -- i.e. Milk and Meat.
Ugh, you made me look it up. I recalled insects being forbidden under kosher laws, but forgot about locusts.
So... I found this.... and it's a little TMI.
https://www.torahmusings.com/2013/01/kosher-worms-insects/
Right, but remember that kosher does not necessarily equal Biblical law. Under kosher law, Biblical dietary laws are often be made even stricter than intended by God.
I read the article, and figured this is worth pointing out. Even though the website is called Torah Musings, the article in question contains 22 out of the 23 footnotes sourced to the Talmud.
A good example of the extra-Biblical teachings are the rules against mixing dairy products and meat in the same dish. You are not allowed to mix meat and milk or meat and cheese under kosher law.
Why do you suppose that is?
Deuteronomy 14:21
Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk.
The last part of this verse is referring to cooking a baby goat in its mother's milk, which was forbidden for a much different reason that the simple fact it was mixing dairy with meat.
The Rolling Stones likely know why. Check out their alternate album cover for Goat's Head Soup - https://files.catbox.moe/29c4kt.jpg
Boiling a kid in its mother's milk was part of the fertility rituals practiced by the Canaanites, Babylonians, and other cultures.
Goats in the Ancient Near East and Their Relationship with the Mythology, Fairytale and Folklore of These Cultures
https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/64839
I don't agree with all of the conclusions, but there is a lot of interesting information about this topic in this course description for a class offered at Quartz Hill School of Theology as well-
B425 Ugarit and the Bible
http://www.theology.edu/ugarbib.htm
In conclusion, the Torah does not forbid eating meat and milk or eating meat and cheese at the same time. It forbids the practice of pagan fertility rituals involving goats only.
There was a fascinating opinion on this by Dennis Prager, one which I think fits thematically with the Bible.
One thing the Bible does is it draws distinctions between life and death, male and female, holy and unholy, good and evil.
The first example is creation where G-d separates light from darkness, land from sea, etc.
And with the word "know" in the Bible meaning sexual intercourse -- or mingling -- the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil -- knowledge -- might be the opposite of what we usually believe.
It's not that the fruit allowed Adam and Eve to see the difference between good and evil. It was the opposite. It made them confused, so that good looked evil, evil looked good. (Woe to those, say the prophets).
Prager's observation on milk and meat was rather profound. He observed that milk is a food that the mother gives to the child -- and still remains alive herself. It's a "life" food.
Meat, on the other hand, requires the death of the animal in order to provide that meat. A "death" food.
Hence, part of the separation was not to intermingle life and death -- i.e. Milk and Meat.