The Israel Bible

The Prohibition Against Slaughtering a Mother and Her Offspring on the Same Day

by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 9, 2022 | Emor, Kindness and Compassion

The Torah contains many commandments pertaining to eating animals; which animals are permitted and how to slaughter them. In the context of verses pertaining to Temple offerings, the Torah adds the prohibition against slaughtering an animal and its offspring on the...

The Torah Prohibition Against Blood and Hunting

by Shira Schechter (Moderator) | f 26, 2022 | Antisemitism, Acharei Mot, Purity

In Leviticus, God prohibits Israel from eating blood in the strictest terms. This prohibition also includes hunting and eating from the carcass of a dead animal (Leviticus 17:10-16), and the punishment for one who violates this is karet. In fact, the prohibition...