![]() ![]() Like a split hoof, we know that it is kosher. When we go against our nature and serve with both love and fear, Serve G‑d through only one of these two ways, it is like one solid hoof. It is truly for G‑d? Maybe we are doing it because it is our nature? When we But if we only do what comes naturally to us, how do we know that Others love following rituals but are not so involved in doing acts Kindness, but when it comes to things that take discipline, we are not so For example, some of us might love to do acts of Nature, serve G‑d in one of these two ways. Split hoof, love on the right and fear on the left. But when it comes to serving G‑d, both work We have to constantly reevaluate our situation and make certain that we are on Even withĪll the abovementioned strategies in place, when it comes to earthly pursuits, After theĪnimal swallows its food, it regurgitates it and chews on it again. Thing to do to keep the animal inside us kosher: chewing the cud. Left or right, ever so slightly, it can get us totally lost. ![]() There is a fine line that has to be held. Zealousness, make the mistake of being unnecessarily strict and pushing peopleįor every one of us. To keep Torah authentic and bring the people closer to it, 9 This is wrong, because it is a slippery slope,Īnd eventually what is being peddled is not Judaism anymore. Their kind hearts, make the mistake of watering down Judaism in the hope that ![]() Important when making an effort to bring someone closer to G‑d. To be a constant effort to keep on the straight path, not to veer to the right Have the balance of drawing good closer with the right, and pushing bad away When we deal with earthly matters, we should always When a kosher animal walks, each step connects to the ground with both a rightĪnd left side of the hoof. Hooves have to be split through and through. Through and permeate them, making the physical G‑dly. Split, meaning that even in our earthly pursuits, G‑d should be able to come Even they should have a separation (a hoof), meaning, Should use only our lower faculties of action (our arms and legs) to serve us Heads and hearts (our thoughts and emotions) invested in earthly pursuits. This means that we should not have our higher faculties, namely our Legs that touch the ground-and even they are separated from the ground by Humans, have their heads and hearts separated from the ground. Whether the animal part of us is kosher or not. That is not kosher.Ĭan learn from the kosher signs, which will act as a litmus test to demonstrate The law and at the same time not be a good person. Person can damage others and make their lives miserable, while still technicallyĪbiding by the law. Motions of keeping the Torah, we could still be acting in a non-kosher way. Us could possibly be acting in a non-kosher way. Were not the case, the fact that G‑d gave us these signs to differentiateīetween kosher and non-kosher animals means that we can learn from them whether Kosher sign is what causes the animal to be kosher. It seems from the verse, "because it chews its cud," 4 that the Kosher animals: Are these animals intrinsically kosher and the kosher signs just help us identify them, or are they only kosher because of the qualities they possess? These good traits, which means that in some way, we should also have “split Somehow connected to split hooves and chewing the cud. From this is understood that good traits are These animals have negative traits, G‑d did not want us to eat them, lest we Is that what one eats becomes part and parcel with their entire being,Īffecting not only their flesh and blood but even their personality. Other animals? One explanation, given by the Ramban, 2 Upper teeth and chew their food in a side-to-side motion. Them are herbivores-none of them are animals of prey. Kinds of deer, antelope, moose, buffalo, bison, wildebeest, giraffe, and more. Unbeknownst to many is that many animals in the wild are kosher, including all Vernacular, split hooves) and that it is a ruminant (an animal that chews itsĭomesticated animals that we eat are cattle, sheep and goats. Tell us that land animals are kosher: cloven hooves (or in the common ![]()
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