Meat

Matzah represents the bare necessities of life. The Passover offering represents luxuries whose function is solely to give pleasure. Maror represents a middle ground between these two extremes...

What is the Torah’s view on meat eating? In our Parshah, the laws and preconditions for eating “meat of desire” (i.e., meat whose consumption is not a mitzvah or a necessity) are set forth—prompting much discussion in the Talmud, the commentaries, and ...

From man I expect good and bad. From G-d I expected only good. Until I learned about the animal sacrifices. Apparently G-d actually wants them. Imagine, a place set aside for slaughter -- in a temple!

Departure from Sinai, The People Ask For Meat, The Seventy Elders, Miriam's Sin

Signs of kosher animals teach us about serving G‑d.

Kabbalah teaches that even in the realm of meat-eating G-dliness can find expression.

The Jewish people today are facing many conflicts. One of these concerns shechitah, the ritual slaughter of fowls, lambs and beef so that Jews are permitted to eat the meat. A number of groups are applying pressure in an attempt to ban shechitah, or to ...

Life can be seen as operating in two modes: immersion in the spiritual, and entry into the world and involvement with it

Proteins are the basic building blocks of the human body...

For better or for worse, meat is an undeniable favorite on the kosher menu. Is this good? Let’s have a look . . .