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How a kosher diet affects the social life of a Jew?
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How a kosher diet affects the social life of a Jew? In this essay I will be looking at how a kosher diet affects a social life of a Jew. The first and most obvious idea behind the kosher laws is self-control and discipline Even the types of animals the Jewish eat are chosen in part for their symbolism. The ruminants that have split hooves tend to be tranquil, domesticated animals that have no natural weapons. These are animals whose characteristics the Jewish may absorb through eating. The Jewish may not eat scavengers, carnivores or bird of pray - these are not characteristics that they want to absorb at all. If a Jewish child gets brought up with the kosher diet he might have more self control than other kids because that's the way he has been brought up. A kosher animal must be a ruminant (chew its cud) and have split...
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