Most Jews are familiar with some of the basics of keeping kosher-no mixing of milk and meat, no pork, no shellfish-but many people, even those who adhere to the laws of kashruth, do not have an understanding of why Jews should eat kosher food today. Although the Bible contains no reason for the dietary laws, over the last three millennia Jewish commentators have sought explanations for kashruth. The sources explored come from ancient Egypt and the Internet, from hasidic stories and the Bible, and from Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, and non-Jewish individuals. Among the comments expressed are those of Maimonides, Nehama Leibowitz, Cynthia Ozick, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Dennis Prager, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Isaac Bashevis Singer, and Adin Steinsaltz.
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Irving Welfeld is a senior analyst in the Department of Housing and Urban Development and was formerly an attorney in the department's Office of General Counsel. The author is a graduate of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, Yeshiva University High School for Boys, Brooklyn College, and Harvard Law School. Mr. Welfeld has been admitted to the bar in New York, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia. He has served as the Robert LaFollete Visiting Distinguished Professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison and as a consultant to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.
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Unusual analysis of Kashrut makes this book special!,
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This review is from: Why Kosher?: An Anthology of Answers (Hardcover)
In this creative cornucopia of quotes from the Bible, Midrash, past and current rabbis, novelists, poets and even the Internet, the author explores many aspects of Kashrut...the lifestyle of Kosher observance. Are you looking for a rationale for the dietary laws, spiritual, ecological, allegorical or ethical explanations, or a relationship between the laws of Kashrut and vegetarianism? You will find them all here in Welfeld's unique presentation of the subject
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