Is Human Blood Kosher?

Interesting fact about what the Rabbi said if we eat the blood of an animal its like mixing the 2 souls, I am a herbalist practitioner and in school we learnt that it is so important to know where the meat comes from and how it was treated because it has an effect on our health but also some people will experience anxiety stress or anger that medicine and bloodtest can't really detect the source and more than often can come from the source of meat they eat! 😱 to hear the Rabbi say these things is amazing to see how Hashem instructed his people in a beautiful way! Reply

Why does Negative Commandment 184 - It is forbidden to eat blood - not apply to Noahides? Reply

Helpful, thank you. However, does this mean by extension that cannibalism is not prohibited D’Oraita? I would hope that this is an actual Torah prohibition and not simply a D’Rabanan/Maarit Ayin issue as blood seems to be. Reply

It is very funny when the anti Semites say that we eat blood when we're not even allowed to, much less want too! Reply

Blood I can say there is some comfusion on my part. I thought I read in the book of Leviticus that if you hunt for food you may eat it if the blood is poured upon the ground?
Leviticus 17:13
Now I have not memorized the whole thing but I am reading from it every day. I also have now come to understand that it is probably safer if you bathe every evening also. Never knew that before. Reply

This reminds me of Shakespeare When Portia told Shylock "You are completely entitled to your pound of flesh, but if you draw one drop of blood, I'll kill you." Is g-d saying the same thing? "Eat as much meat as you want, just don't eat even one drop of blood." Reply

Good Point, Rabii Schmaltz You're right. It's impossible to eat meat and not eat a drop of blood. Yet in Deuteronomy 12, G-d explicitly tells us we may eat meat? Hmmmm. Is G-d teasing us? Reply

Meat contains blood There is no way possible to eat any kind of meat without consuming blood. The only way into heaven is to abstain from meat from the day you were born. Even one cell of blood consumed means your ticket to heaven has been cancelled. That means any dental work pretty much dooms you, as all of the bleeding can never be completely cleaned, and you will consume even a small amount. Reply

Blood Transfusions I feel the rabbi gave an excellent explanation. Unfortunately, members of the religion Jehovah's Witnesses take the command of not consuming blood to the extreme and do not allow blood transfusions. Reply

Hmmm, The sages forbade consuming human blood because it looks like you're consuming animal blood.

So once your finger is already in your mouth, swallowing the blood should certainly be permitted, because no one sees what your doing anyways. Reply

One additional followup question So this answer covers food that is touched by human blood if you cut yourself while cooking. But what about if you get a papercut while not preparing food? Is it kosher to stick your finger in your mouth to staunch the bleeding and help it clot? Reply

Patty, I have always felt the same way. . . I am stuck in X-ianity for now due to having a large family. This is an aspect that has gotten to me and I am Eastern Orthodox. This explanation is so right on and so simple-- why haven't more people naturally been clued in to this? Reply

To John Re Human Blood I thought that too, that it could be someone from a goth culture. But it could also possibly be from a Jew pestered by J4J. As a former Catholic myself I always thought it strange that xtians would say JC told Jews to drink his blood.

Knowing what I know now, I can't fathom any Jew advising his followers to drink blood--symbolically or otherwise.

This was an exellent question and response from the good rabbi. I've wanted to ask that myself but was ashamed to. It would torment me as a kid to be at Mass and then get to the part where everyone drinks the "blood" of JC.

I kept thinking of the bible forbidding it and wondering why JC would tell his followers to do it, if he was the observant Jew xtians make him out to be.

Thank G-d, He is close to all who call upon Him in truth and I am totally out of xtianity. I guess the best thing to do when confronted with missionaries or anything is to put shame aside and ask a rabbi! Reply

Human Blood I wonder if the person asking is one of the goth subculture? If so, please listen to words of warning from an ex-goth (ie; me!). Like many goths, I was very interested in vampires when I was young, and like many I didn't stop at dressing like a vampire, I also drank blood - my own and that of an ex-girlfriend. Please believe me that, when you get older, you'll regret doing so because it leaves ugly scars. I haven't been swimming for years as a result and have to wear long sleeves at all times - this make it awkward to lay tefillin, as you can imagine. The goth scene can be great: I have friends I met in goth clubs 20 years ago, but please think carefully if that's why you have an interest in whether or not human blood is kosher. Reply