Thread:Joanne Maniago/@comment-29570797-20161209201739/@comment-34597974-20161228194011

Solon75 wrote: @Joanne

Okay. I did some research and Amit (even thought he is a Christian), Dupont, Lars, and Marina can cite some of the following reasons why Amit can't have meat and dairy at the same time:

1. References from Exodus 23:19, Exodus 34:26 and Deuteronomy 14:21- Amit

2. Some attribute as a discouragement from a cruel practice.- Lars

3. It is not for us to fathom G-d's (Yahweh's) reasons in telling us to do something; it simply should suffice that G-d (Yahweh) asked us to do it. -Amit

4. Even more, one must wait up to six hours after eating meat products before eating dairy products. However, meat may be eaten following dairy products (with the exception of hard cheese, which also requires a six-hour interval). Prior to eating meat after dairy, one must eat a solid food and the mouth must be rinsed- Lars

5.To Jews, the goal is never make the physical body the goal of living. To them, they must never blur the difference between the physical, mortal world, and the world which is their ultimate goal, the world of spirituality, of eternal life. That is why to them, meat and milk must remain separate.- Marina

6. Maimonides asserts that an ancient pagan ritual which involved the cooking and consumption of meat and milk is the source of the prohibition. (Seforno suggests that the purpose of this practice was to elicit a blessing for plentiful crops or flocks.) The mitzvah of not cooking milk and meat together distances the Jewish people from this idolatrous behavior.- Dupont

And as a result, it makes the Christmas celebration a bit different. Agreed.