In my last post I finished up by talking about God’s universal law of Blood. This law established through Moses says one is NOT to drink blood under any circumstances because “life is in the blood“. I then further went on to say it is because of this very command that a Hebrew would never ever […]

Among many of the things we’ve learned, the one central doctrine that should be pretty clear to all of us now is that “life is in the blood”. The idea is that all life belongs to God and because of this He possesses the sovereign right to decide what to do with it. To this […]

Here’s another key principle that would be good to review. The animals chosen to be sacrificed on the Brazen Altar, in and of themselves, were not HOLY. In other words, they did NOT possess inherent holiness. And conversely, those animals forbidden for sacrifice such as pigs and rabbits were not in and of themselves UNCLEAN. […]

We are in the midst of reviewing the mechanics of the Torah principles governing God’s Holiness. I finished up my last post by pointing that all created things without exception fall under one of the following four categories: HOLY COMMON CLEAN UNCLEAN. Now it is precisely at this point where I feel modern Orthodox Judaism […]

“However, you may slaughter and eat meat wherever you live and whenever you want, in keeping with the degree to which Adonai your God has blessed you. The unclean and the clean may eat it, as if it were gazelle or deer. But don’t eat the blood; pour it out on the ground like water.”-Deuteronomy […]