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Religious restrictions on the consumption of pork. The pig is considered an unclean animal as food in Judaism and Islam, and parts of Christianity. Pork is a food taboo among Jews, Muslims, and some Christian denominations. Swine were prohibited in ancient Syria [ 1] and Phoenicia, [ 2] and the pig and its flesh represented a taboo observed ...
This article presents religious views on unclean animals. For discussion in relation to specific animals and food, see Food and drink prohibitions. The pig is considered an unclean animal as food in Judaism and Islam, and parts of Christianity. In some religions, an unclean animal is an animal whose consumption or handling is taboo.
It is considered kosher even though honey bees are not, an apparent exception to the normal rule that products of an unclean animal are also unclean. This topic is covered in the Talmud and is explained to be permissible on the grounds that the bee does not originally make the first honey, the flower does, while the bees store and dehydrate the ...
In some cultures, it's a mealtime staple; in others, it's considered so unclean that there are entire dietary laws and rituals governing what to do if a plate comes into contact with a piece of bacon.
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It seemed for a while that California's controversial pork law would take effect only when pigs fly. The law was fought all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, but starting this month, farmers ...
Unclean spirit. In English translations of the Bible, unclean spirit is a common rendering [1] of Greek pneuma akatharton (πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον; plural pneumata akatharta (πνεύματα ἀκάθαρτα)), which in its single occurrence in the Septuagint translates Hebrew ruaḥ tum'ah ( רוּחַ טוּמְאָה ). The Greek ...
A California law approved by voters that promises to get breeding pigs out of narrow cages that prevent them from standing or turning will finally take effect Saturday, after years of delays and ...