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August 14, 2015
By bethmordecai
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Parashat Re’eh (ראה) — Can I Eat Chicken with Milk? The Balance between Personal and Communal Choices

Parashat Re'eh 2015/5775 (Triennial II): Can I Eat Chicken with Milk? The Balance Between Personal and Communal Choices Judaism is unique because of the ubiquity of argumentation. For instance, one opinion says chicken is meat and CANNOT be eaten with milk, and another says chicken is NOT meat and CAN be eaten with milk. Can we choose any opinion we'd like? Or is there a point when the community chooses one opinion and we cannot go against it? In this week's Torah portion we learn of the principle "lo titgodedu" ("do not gash yourselves") (Deuteronomy 14:1). We'll learn how this principle applies in its context and how it is used by the rabbis to understand how to balance making personal Jewish choices[...]

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December 12, 2013
By bethmordecai
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DAY 530: The Practical World of Kashrut

*Note: This message is longer than usual אם רוצה לבשלן יחד ואין שם ס' מותר (יורה דעה קט:ב) If you want to cook together two different kinds of food [that are generally forbidden from one another], and one of the kinds of food is less than 1/60th of the other kind, then the mixture is allowed (Yoreh Deah 98:2) Dear Hevreh, Outside of observing Shabbat, there is probably no greater indicator of Jewish religious observance than keeping kosher (shomer kashrut). Yet even more than simply religious observance, the act of keeping kosher in some capacity indicates our cultural attachment to Judaism. For instance, one person I spoke to recently says "I eat bacon, but I don't eat ham because that's what my father taught[...]

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April 5, 2013
By bethmordecai
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Parashat Sh’mini (שמיני) — Why Is Pig So Unkosher?

2013/5773 (Triennial III) -- Why Is Pig So Unkosher? Pigs (or "swine") are seen as the most un-kosher animal. To what extent is this true? Does the Torah designate pig as unkosher as the rabbis seem to do? And is it possible that one day...pigs could be kosher?!?!

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