On the personal, cosmic and spiritual significance of the Torah's kilayim (anti-hybridization) laws
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Hi, I'm new at this, please forgive any obvious or offensive ignorance I may, unintentionally describe or otherwise refer to.
I'm fascinated by this portion on several levels. I am struggling with the apparent contradiction between the Physical(actual integration) and the Theoretical(philosophical/symbolic) integration) . My dissonance is further complicated in the discussion about them in terms of examination of Body and Soul. The overall set is hard for me to sort through, even addition of the footnotes confounds me. Is there a more simple model and or metaphor that I can use to clarify the 4 basic tenants addressed and their relationships which I can then extrapolate back to the complex?
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Sad thing is, food scientists are now combining plant and animals. They are using animal genes in corn, for instance to protect it from predators. These products are not required to be labeled, so unless you grow it yourself... you may be in voliation of this commandment.
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Are fruit hybrids, such as plumcots kosher?
If scientists are now combining plant and animal genes, such as Randy mentions in his comment, would the product (corn that is resistent to preditors) be kosher? If not, how would we know that the product we're buying is a hybrid (if it looks normal)?
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The Talmud in Chulin 115a explains that while one is forbidden to cultivate these mixtures, one is in fact permitted to eat them (with the exception of a mixture that includes grape vines).
So while a Jew is prohibited from producing fruits like a Plumcot, they are permitted to eat them.
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