Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Koshertime! Devarim 14:3-21
ג לֹא תֹאכַל כָּל־תּוֹעֵבָה: ד זֹאת הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר תֹּאכֵלוּ שׁוֹר שֵׂה כְשָׂבִים וְשֵׂה עִזִּים: ה אַיָּל וּצְבִי וְיַחְמוּר וְאַקּוֹ וְדִישֹׁן וּתְאוֹ וָזָמֶר: ו וְכָל־בְּהֵמָה מַפְרֶסֶת פַּרְסָה וְשֹׁסַעַת שֶׁסַע שְׁתֵּי פְרָסוֹת מַעֲלַת גֵּרָה בַּבְּהֵמָה אֹתָהּ תֹּאכֵלוּ: ז אַךְ אֶת־זֶה לֹא תֹאכְלוּ מִמַּעֲלֵי הַגֵּרָה וּמִמַּפְרִיסֵי הַפַּרְסָה הַשְּׁסוּעָה אֶת־הַגָּמָל וְאֶת־הָאַרְנֶבֶת וְאֶת־הַשָּׁפָן כִּי־מַעֲלֵה גֵרָה הֵמָּה וּפַרְסָה לֹא הִפְרִיסוּ טְמֵאִים הֵם לָכֶם: ח וְאֶת־הַחֲזִיר כִּי־מַפְרִיס פַּרְסָה הוּא וְלֹא גֵרָה טָמֵא הוּא לָכֶם מִבְּשָׂרָם לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ וּבְנִבְלָתָם לֹא תִגָּעוּ: ס ט אֶת־זֶה תֹּאכְלוּ מִכֹּל אֲשֶׁר בַּמָּיִם כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־לוֹ סְנַפִּיר וְקַשְׂקֶשֶׂת תֹּאכֵלוּ: י וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר אֵין־לוֹ סְנַפִּיר וְקַשְׂקֶשֶׂת לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ טָמֵא הוּא לָכֶם: ס יא כָּל־צִפּוֹר טְהֹרָה תֹּאכֵלוּ: יב וְזֶה אֲשֶׁר לֹא־תֹאכְלוּ מֵהֶם הַנֶּשֶׁר וְהַפֶּרֶס וְהָעָזְנִיָּה: יג וְהָרָאָה וְאֶת־הָאַיָּה וְהַדַּיָּה לְמִינָהּ: יד וְאֵת כָּל־עֹרֵב לְמִינוֹ: טו וְאֵת בַּת הַיַּעֲנָה וְאֶת־הַתַּחְמָס וְאֶת־הַשָּׁחַף וְאֶת־הַנֵּץ לְמִינֵהוּ: טז אֶת־הַכּוֹס וְאֶת־הַיַּנְשׁוּף וְהַתִּנְשָׁמֶת: יז וְהַקָּאָת וְאֶת־הָרָחָמָה וְאֶת־הַשָּׁלָךְ: יח וְהַחֲסִידָה וְהָאֲנָפָה לְמִינָהּ וְהַדּוּכִיפַת וְהָעֲטַלֵּף: יט וְכֹל שֶׁרֶץ הָעוֹף טָמֵא הוּא לָכֶם לֹא יֵאָכֵלוּ: כ כָּל־עוֹף טָהוֹר תֹּאכֵלוּ: כא לֹא־תֹאכְלוּ כָל־נְבֵלָה לַגֵּר אֲשֶׁר־בִּשְׁעָרֶיךָ תִּתְּנֶנָּה וַאֲכָלָהּ אוֹ מָכֹר לְנָכְרִי כִּי עַם קָדוֹשׁ אַתָּה לַיהוָֹה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לֹא־תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ:
3. You shall not eat any abominable thing.
4. These are the beasts which you shall eat; the ox, the sheep, and the goat,
5. The deer, and the gazelle, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the adax, and the wild ox, and the wild sheep.
6. And every beast that parts the hoof, and has the hoof cloven into two, and chews the cud among the beasts, that you shall eat.
7. Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud, or of those which divide the cloven hoof: the camel, and the hare, and the coney; for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean to you.
8. And the swine, because it divides the hoof, yet chews not the cud, it is unclean to you; you shall not eat of their meat, nor touch their carcasses.
9. These you shall eat of all that are in the waters; all that have fins and scales shall you eat;
10. And whatever has not fins and scales you may not eat; it is unclean to you.
11. Of all clean birds you shall eat.
12. But these are they of which you shall not eat; the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey,
13. And the kite, and the hawk, after their kind,
14. And every raven after its kind,
15. And the owl, and the kestrel, and the gull, and the hawk after its kind,
16. The little owl, and the great owl, and the barn owl,
17. And the night prowler, and the gier-eagle, and the fish owl,
18. And the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat.
19. And every creeping thing that flies is unclean to you; they shall not be eaten.
20. But of all clean birds you may eat.
21. You shall not eat of any thing that dies of itself; you shall give it to the stranger that is in your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk.
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1. Why not just make a complete list
ReplyDelete2. Why not even bother listing the name of any fish
3. Why do we need to be holy like god if we are created in his image
4. What makes those animals un-holy
5. Why would god create un-holy animals
6. Why is a blemish unholy
Delete7. What about plants, are all automatically kosher
8. Are there any kosher predators
9. why aren't we kosher if we are created in the image of God
10. why can't we eat naturally dead animals
ןאכלה. Eaten
ReplyDeleteגדי kid
ןצבי and deer
קדוש saint
ינשוף owl
שור ox
נשר eagle
עורב Raven
The laws of kosher are very interesting. They are split into different sections. God splits the different animal requirements into where they live. There are animals of the water, land, and birds. For the land animals God straight up says you are allowed to eat ox, sheep, goats, deer, gazelles, the fallow deer, wild goat, adax, the wild ox, and the wild sheep. The requirements for animals who aren’t in this list are they must have a cloven hoof and chews its cud. For water dwellers the laws are very simple. It must have scales and fins. If it has these two requirements it can be deemed kosher.
ReplyDeleteThe bird section gives a very long list of birds we aren’t allowed to eat. The list of birds we aren’t allowed to eat the eagle, and the vulture, and the osprey, And the kite, and the hawk, after their kind, And every raven after its kind, And the owl, and the kestrel, and the gull, and the hawk after its kind, The little owl, and the great owl, and the barn owl, And the night prowler, and the gier-eagle, and the fish owl, And the stork, and the heron after its kind, and the hoopoe, and the bat. (Deuteronomy 5:12-18). The final point that this section is that you can’t eat a baby with its mothers milk. Today this means no milk and meat at the same time. Some people go by the rule of milk before meat. Today many foods such as cheeseburgers and very un-kosher. Kosher is a key part of some peoples Jewish lives, and for others it is a rule that isn’t even needed.
KOSHERTIME!
ReplyDeleteQuestions:
1) Why shall you not eat an animal that dies itself? Wouldn’t it be better if it died itself rather than killing, then eating?
• A reason to this could be because, when it dies it self maybe it has a certain un-pureness that he receives when dying alone although when we kill an animal ourselves, we have to make sure to cut it correctly, making it kosher. They have to cut it themselves due to slaughtering it the right way to make it ‘pure or clean’ to eat.
2) Why does it say, it will be unclean to you/it will be clean to you rather than saying it is not kosher?
• Maybe because since G-d told us to follow his ways, we are doing harm to ourselves and only ourselves. Therefore it is saying it would be unclean to you, causing a sin, becoming ‘not pure’.
3) Why doesn’t it mention every animal that is kosher/ not kosher but instead, it only names a few?
• In my opinion its not mentioning every single animal that falls under that category because many people only eat these main animals and only think of not kosher animals that it lists. For example it does not talk about the giraffe, who is kosher however has a problem with the cutting of it’s neck.
4) How come we are not allowed to eat an animal that died itself, but a stranger is?
• It mentioned after this phrase that we are the holy people and children of G-d and we shall not do it because of this reason. This would make us feel higher and more righteous.
In verse 21 the Torah states, "You shall not eat of any thing that dies of itself; you shall give it to the stranger that is in your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to a foreigner; for you are a holy people to the Lord your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother’s milk."
ReplyDeleteHirsch states that every animal, under Kosher law, requires a שחיטה (a proper killing of an animal in order to consume). One is not allowed to eat an animal that has died by nature, but rather needs to be killed. However, if one happens to have a carcass that is unfit for Jewish consumption, they are permitted to sell it to a non Jew. To me, this verse is odd because based on traditional Jewish laws, we would want to eat the animal killed by nature because we would want to prevent any harm done to the animal as much as possible. However, this is not the case.
We are not meant to eat an animal killed by something other than a proper שחיטה because we are not meant to lower ourselves down to such a level. By eating a random carcass, we are grouping ourselves with animals, rather than being superior to them. By performing a שחיטה, we are winning over others, including animals and other religions.
On verse 14:21, Richard Elliot Friedman comments on "the kid in its mother's milk". He says this is the third time this commandment is mentioned. Although, it is nectar of the gods first it has been grouped with the laws of forbidden animals. Meaning, it is different from the other dietary laws. Friedman thinks it could possibly be a moral or ritual law. But in conclusion, Friedman says that it is in a different category from the laws of prohibited animals.
ReplyDeleteRamban Commentary, Deuteronomy 14:3-21
ReplyDeleteIn the the text it says that Thou shalt not eat an abominable thing, which means in Ramban’s eyes iis that “abomination” means “hatefulness and repugnance”. This means that unkosher foods should not be eaten since they are abominations, which means there should be disgust towards animals that are not kosher. Ramban says that by eating non kosher foods it creates an “obstruction in the soul”, thus if you eat unclean animals, you will be unclean yourself. Also, he mentions that a “carcass(of an animal that died without being properly slaughtered) in order to inform you that they, too, are abominable to the soul.” Which in other words means if an animal dies without you killing it properly means that you obviously shouldn’t eat it. Also, again eating that died on its own could carry diseases, which makes it unclean , and again making you unclean.
Samuel Fogel
ReplyDeleteModern Commentary:
The JPS commentary talks a great deal about winged animals and which are kosher to eat and what s not. Mostly all birds of not acceptable to eat. Yet it also deals with the way the bird is killed and cooked. Its is wird that you must be so specific with things like how the bird eats etc. Its hard for me to understand exactly why you must be so precise with what is expectable. However the commentary seems to have an explanation for all matters at hand.
The Kosher animal song is about all the animals that you can eat (Kosher) and the ones that you can't eat (un-kosher).
ReplyDeleteKosher: Land animals with split hooves and chewed it's cud. Any water animal with scales and fins, and a bird if it isn't a bird of prey
Not Kosher: Camels, rabbits, hares, pigs, crab, squid, shrimp, octopus, eagles, vultures, kites, ravens, falcons, ostriches, owls, sea gulls, hawks, pelicans, storks, herons, hoopoes, bats, moles, mice, lizards, crocodiles,
Also there are the bugs and there are some that are kosher, but who eats bugs???
After explaining all the different animals it tells you that God wants everyone to keep kosher and not eat any of the bad foods and keep yourself clean!!
In my opinion it was a very good video because it really gave you a good description of the animals that you couldn't eat and the ones that you could eat. It also explained what God said and the video gave a good visual on what the animals you could eat looked like.