Leviticus 19:26 "You shall not eat anything with blood"

HaShem provides us with many things to enjoy.

Food is certainly one of the most important things that we enjoy.

From the moment we are born, eating becomes part of our daily lives.

Many of us don't just eat to build our bodies and keep our health!

We often nosh, eating foods just because they taste good.

HaShem wants us to enjoy our food, but not to eat or drink too much.

For example, on Shabbat and Holidays, we often have special cakes and dishes. This adds to the enjoyment of the holiday.

While we all know that food should taste good and we should enjoy what we eat, the Torah warns us that eating or drinking too much is not good for our bodies.

This Negative Mitzvah cautions us not to develop wrong eating habits, by drinking or eating in excess of our needs.

(In the Torah there is a description of what is called a "stubborn and rebellious son" - Ben Sorer U'Moreh.

This description (Deuteronomy 21:18-21) provides us with an account of what exactly is meant by eating and drinking too much.)