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.

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A kosher animal must be a ruminant (chew its cud) and have split hooves. Cows, sheep, goats and deer are all kosher, whereas camels (ruminants without split hooves) are not kosher, and pigs (having split hooves but not chewing their cud) are not kosher. Most common fowl are kosher, like chickens, ducks and geese, but the birds of prey (hawks, eagles, owls, parrots) are not kosher. A sea creature is only kosher if it has fins and scales, so most species of fish are kosher (tuna, salmon, flounder, trout, etc.) but all shellfish are not kosher; dolphins and whales are ...

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