Why don Jews eat Pork?
You will find that many Jews who do not observe the other Kashrut laws still refuse to eat pork. Pork is seen as the ultimate “non-kosher” animal. The Torah considers an animal kosher if it both chews its cud AND has split hooves. The only animal species that has split hooves (trotters) and does not chew the cud is the pig family. When you look at a pig, you will sooner notice the “split hooves” than the fact that it does not ruminate. When it lies, the pig almost seems to “show off” it’s kosher qualities, as it spreads its trotters out. So, the pig has come to represent hypocrisy, someone who shows themselves to be righteous, but is not-so-kosher on the inside. In Judaism, there is nothing more morally detestable than a spiritual charlatan. Hence, the widespread aversion to pork among even non-observant Jews. (That’s not to say that all Jews know this, it’s been ingrained over centuries).
The prohibition comes from Torah, in the book Leviticus, Chapter 11, verses 2 through 8, in particular, verse 7: 1. And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, 2 2. Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. 3. Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. 4. Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 5. And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 6. And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. 7. And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. 8. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they
Many people think it’s because of health reasons, so you shouldn’t get trichinosis. But the Torah itself says it’s really because of a spiritual reason. Why? The pig is the only animal in the world possessing the outward symbol of kosher (split hooves), but not the inward symbol (chewing cud). The pig therefore represents that which is kosher in outward appearance, but is in fact unclean on the inside. This type of hypocrisy is described in the Talmud as one of the categories of behavior that God detests. For that moral reason, the pig is universally viewed as reprehensible to the Jew. Kabbalah teaches that eating this animals empowers the body and makes it harder to be a spiritual person. And so you should instruct him in the laws of Passover, that one may not eat anything after the Passover offering. These days, with the Temple in ruins, we don’t have the Passover offering. So instead, we eat the Afikomen, a piece of matzah at the end of the meal. This corresponds to the first of the
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