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From: debray@sbcs.UUCP (Saumya Debray)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: kosher meats
Message-ID: <538@sbcs.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 3-Dec-83 12:30:45 EST
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Posted: Sat Dec  3 12:30:45 1983
Date-Received: Sun, 4-Dec-83 09:32:18 EST
Organization: SUNY at Stony Brook
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From an article on the net recently:

	"For an animal to be Kosher (clean) it must chew its cud
	 and have divided hooves."

I'm wondering why chewing cud and having divided hooves should be linked
with the "cleanliness" of an animal.  Any ideas?

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Saumya Debray
SUNY at Stony Brook
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