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From: hbb@hou5a.UUCP
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Subject: Re: kosher meats
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Date: Mon, 5-Dec-83 07:49:20 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec  5 07:49:20 1983
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re: how the chewing of cud and wearing  of  split  hooves  should have any bearing on the "cleanliness" of an animal.

In  fact,  it  shouldn't.  The  laws  of  kosher  food  are   not
cleanliness  laws.   They  are  generally  accepted  as  laws  of
subservience. By this I mean that the kosher laws  are  a  purely
religious observance, having nothing whatsoever to do with health
or sanitary measures.

Harlan Braude
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