The advantages and disadvantages of strict Jewish food laws.

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3) The advantages and disadvantages of strict food laws.

There are many advantages and disadvantages to the strict food laws. Keeping the food laws helps Jews maintain their discipline and aids regular observation of all the rules and laws that God wrote for everyone in the Torah. When Jews are observing a particular law they may remember a particular sacred story or it may just remind them of their faith.

Another advantage for observing these food laws is that they are hygienic. Not mixing particular foods can be healthy for you. For example Jews have to wait three hours after eating meat before they can eat or drink something containing milk and one hour vice versa. This means that a Jew has to limit the amount of dairy produce and potential fatty foods they eat, making their lifestyle healthier.

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The food laws are advantageous for Jews of the Diaspora as it helps them become part of the community, linking them with other Jews. This is important because they had been exiled from their homeland and spread apart so the kashrut help them stay together.

When looking at the food laws you can see that some foods are forbidden and some should not be eaten together. This is only a problem if the Jew wants it to be. You can buy alternatives for some like soya milk instead of cow’s milk. Soya milk has less saturated fat ...

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