„It is enough for us to have the severe prohibition of blood, which ar…”
„It is enough for us to have the severe prohibition of blood, which arouses even...”From Chazon HaTzimchonut VeHaShalom
In "Chazon HaTzimchonut VeHaShalom" (The Vision of Vegetarianism and Peace), Rav Kook sketches a map that touches not only on the eating of meat, but on the fine line between understanding the terrain and human psychology and understanding Halacha. The Rav explains in the essay that eating meat is not ideal, yet it is permitted today as a matter of first resort, since otherwise we would consume one another. Alongside this, the Torah emphasizes again and again in our portion the prohibition of consuming blood — as in the account of one who was permitted to eat non-kosher meat and enjoyed it. There is here a kind of reminder that even if we were temporarily permitted to eat living creatures, we must not lick our lips...
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