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VEGETARIAN

A Jewish Perspective on Vegetarianism

These notes are excerpted from "Jewish Wisdom," by
Rabbi Joseph Telushkin,William Morrow and Company, 1994,
ISBN 0-688-12958-7,pp 449-453.

God said [to Adam and Eve]: "See, I give you every seed-bearing plant that is upon all the earth, and every tree that has seed-bearing fruit; they shall be yours for food. --Genesis 1:29

God also restricted animals to a meatless diet: To them He gave "all the green plants for food" (Genesis 1:30).

A man should not eat meat unless he has a special craving for it.
--Babylonian Talmud, Hullin 84a, basing itself on the wording of Deuteronomy 12:20, which permits one to eat meat when "you have the urge to eat meat"

The laws of kashrut come to teach us that a Jew's first preference should be a vegetarian meal. If, however, one cannot control a craving for meat, it should be kosher meat, which would serve as a reminder that the animal being eaten is a creature of God, that the death of such a creature cannot be taken lightly, that hunting for sport is forbidden, that we cannot treat any living thing callously, and that we are responsible for what happens to other beings (human or animal) even if we did not personally come into contact with them.
--Pinchas Peli, "Torah Today," page 118

When asked if he was a vegetarian for health reasons, Isaac Bashevis Singer answered: "Yes, for the chicken's health."

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