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Friends! Today we bring to your attention a look at the healthy diet of the Jewish sages. These rules of “kosher nutrition” were written long before the birth of Christ, but their truth and rationality are difficult to refute even to modern science.
In the religious book, which is included in the Torah, there are these words:
“This is the doctrine of cattle, and birds, and every living thing that moves in the water, and every living thing that crawls on the ground. To distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the animal that can be eaten and the animal that cannot be eaten” (11:46, 47).
These words sum up the laws on the kinds of animals that the Jews may and may not eat.
Of the animals that live on land, according to the Torah, only ruminants with cloven hooves are allowed to eat. Be sure to comply with both conditions!
An animal that has cloven hooves but is not kosher (not ruminant) is a pig.
Animals that are allowed for food are listed in the book “Dvarim”. According to the Torah, there are only ten types of such animals: three types of domestic animals – a goat, a sheep, a cow, and seven types of wild ones – doe, deer, and others.
Thus, according to the Torah, only herbivores are allowed to be consumed, and any predators (tiger, bear, wolf, etc.) are prohibited!
In the Talmud (Chulin, 59a) there is an oral tradition, which says: if you find a hitherto unknown animal with cloven hooves and you cannot find out whether it is ruminant or not, you can safely eat it only if it does not belong to the pig family. The Creator of the world knows how many species He created and which ones. In the wilderness of Sinai, He conveyed, through Moses, that there is only one non-ruminant animal with cloven hooves, the pig. You can’t eat it! I would like to note that so far no such animals have been found in nature.
Truth ahead of time. Proven by scientists!
Moses, as is known, did not hunt (Sifra, 11:4) and he could not know all kinds of animals of the Earth. But the Torah was given in the Sinai desert, in the Middle East, more than three thousand years ago. The animals of Asia, Europe, America and Australia were not yet sufficiently known to people. Is the Talmud too categorical? What if such an animal could be found?
In the XNUMXth century, the famous researcher and traveler Koch, on the instructions of the British government (governments and scientists from many countries were interested in the statements of the Torah, which can be verified), conducted a study on the existence of at least one animal species on planet Earth with one of the signs of kosher, like a hare or a camel that chews the cud, or like a pig with cloven hooves. But the researcher could not supplement the list given in the Torah. He did not find such animals. But Moses could not also survey the whole Earth! As they like to quote the book “Sifra”: “Let those who say that the Torah is not from God think about this.”
Another interesting example. A scientist from the Middle East, Dr. Menahem Dor, having learned about the words of the sages that “on Earth, any animal with branched horns is necessarily ruminant and has cloven hooves,” expressed doubt: it is hard to believe that there is a connection between horns, chewing “chewing gum” and hooves . And, being a real scientist, he examined the list of all known horned animals and made sure that all ruminant animals with branched horns have cloven hooves (M. Dor, No. 14 of the Ladaat magazine, p. 7).
Of all living things that live in the water, according to the Torah, you can only eat fish, which has both scales and fins. Adding that: Scaled fish always have fins. So if there are scales on a piece of fish in front of you, and the fins are not visible, then you can safely cook and eat the fish. I think it’s a very wise comment! It is known that not all fish have scales. And how the presence of scales is associated with fins, scientists still do not understand.
It is said in the Torah and about birds – in the books “Vayikra” (Shmini, 11:13-19) and “Dvarim” (Re, 14:12-18) prohibited species are listed, they turned out to be less than allowed. In total, twenty-four prohibited species are birds of prey: eagle owl, eagle, etc. Goose, duck, chicken, turkey and pigeon are traditionally allowed “kosher”.
It is forbidden to eat insects, small and crawling animals (turtle, mouse, hedgehog, ant, etc.).
How it works
In one of the Russian-language Israeli newspapers, an article was published – “Jewish recipe for a heart attack.” The article began with an introduction: “… the famous Russian cardiologist V.S. Nikitsky believes that it is the strict observance of kashrut (ritual rules that determine the compliance of something with the requirements of the Jewish Law. Usually, this term is applied to a set of religious prescriptions related to food) that can reduce the number of heart attacks and increase survival after it. While in Israel, a cardiologist says: “When I was … told about what kashrut is, I understood why in your region the number of cardiovascular diseases is much less than in Russia, France, the States, and other countries of the world. But a heart attack is perhaps the main cause of death for men aged 40 to 60 years …
Inside the blood vessels, the blood carries fats and calcareous substances, which eventually settle on the walls.
In youth, arterial cells are constantly updated, but with age it becomes more and more difficult for them to remove excess fatty substances and the process of “blockage” of the arteries begins. Three organs are most affected by this – the heart, brain and liver …
…cholesterol is part of the cell membrane, and, therefore, it is necessary for the body. The only question is, in what quantities? It seems to me that Jewish cuisine just allows you to maintain this balance … Interestingly, it is pork and sturgeon, which are prohibited as non-kosher, that are literally “cholesterol stores”. It is also known that mixing meat and dairy leads to a sharp increase in blood cholesterol – for example, eating a piece of bread with sausage and after a few hours a piece of bread with butter is a million times healthier than spreading bread with the same amount of butter and putting the same amount on it. a piece of sausage, as the Slavs like to do. In addition, we often fry meat in butter … The fact that kashrut prescribes frying meat only on fire, in a grill or in vegetable oil is an effective means of preventing heart attacks, moreover, it is completely contraindicated for people who have had a heart attack to eat fried meat and mix meat and dairy…”
Laws for slaughtering animals for food
Shechita – the method of slaughtering animals, described in the Torah, has been used for more than three thousand years. From time immemorial, this work has been entrusted only to a highly learned, God-fearing person.
A knife intended for shechita is carefully checked, it must be sharpened so that there is not the slightest notch on the blade, and it must be twice as long as the diameter of the animal’s neck. The task is to instantly cut more than half of the neck. This cuts the blood vessels and nerves leading to the brain. The animal immediately loses consciousness without feeling pain.
In St. Petersburg in 1893, the scientific work “Anatomical and physiological foundations of various methods of slaughtering livestock” was published by Doctor of Medicine I. Dembo, who devoted three years to studying all known methods of slaughtering livestock. He considered them in two aspects: their soreness for the animal and how long the meat lasts after cutting.
Analyzing the way in which the spinal cord is damaged, and other ways, the author comes to the conclusion that all of them are very painful for animals. But having analyzed all the details of the laws of shechita, Dr. Dembo concluded that of all known methods of slaughtering livestock, the Jewish one is the best. It is less painful for the animal and more useful for humans, because. shechita removes a lot of blood from the carcass, which helps to protect the meat from spoilage.
At a meeting of the St. Petersburg Medical Society in 1892, all those present agreed with the conclusions of Dr. and applauded after the report.
But here’s what makes me think – the Jews practiced the laws of shechita, not based on any scientific research, because three thousand years ago they could not know the scientific facts that are known today. The Jews received these laws ready-made. From whom? From the One who knows everything.
The Spiritual Aspect of Eating Kosher Food
Jews, of course, observe the laws of the Torah no longer for rational reasons, but for religious ones. Torah requires compliance with absolutely all the rules of kashrut. The kosher table symbolizes the altar (provided, as the Talmud says, that in this house they know how to share food with those in need).
It says (11:42-44): “… do not eat them, for they are an abomination. Do not defile your souls with all sorts of small creeping animals … For I am the Lord your God, and be sanctified, and be holy, for I am holy … “.
Probably, the Creator of man and nature, having ordered his people: “Be holy,” forbade the Jews to consume blood, lard and some types of animals, since this food reduces a person’s susceptibility to the bright side of life and removes them from it.
There is a connection between what we eat and who we are, our character and psyche. For example, scientists have found out what the employees of German concentration camps ate, mainly pork black pudding.
We know that alcohol intoxicates a person quickly. And there are substances whose action is slower, not so obvious, but no less dangerous. Torah commentator Rambam writes that non-kosher food harms the soul, the spirit of a person and makes the heart hard and cruel.
Jewish sages believe that observance of kashrut not only strengthens the body and exalts the soul, but is a necessary condition for preserving the individuality and originality of the Jewish people.
Here, dear friends, is the view of the Jewish sages on healthy eating. But the Jews certainly can not be called stupid! 😉
Be healthy! Source: http://toldot.ru