Is it Kosher to eat Llama's?
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From a kosher website:\n\n"Thus, sheep, goat, cow, deer, buffalo, gazelle, and giraffe are kosher; pig, camel and llama are not."
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Why?\nThe Kosher Slaughter of animals is no less different from a plain Slaughter
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it's basically kosher, an orthodox jew probally wouldn't eat it as the dishes it's prepared with may have touched dairy at some point... but most jews i know love sushi.
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I'm not Jewish, but I work at a food packaging plant, and from time to time we have to Kosherize. Let me see if I can explain this accurately...\n\nJews are not allowed to eat meat and dairy in the same meal. Each item of food must be one or the other or neither.\n\nOU-D stands for Orthodox United-Dairy\nOU-K I think is neutral\noff the top of my head I can't come up with the orthodox united designation for meat products.\n\nFor a food to be Kosher, as with my company that makes primarily dairy products, the equipment used to process it needs to be verified by a rabbi to be free of any contaminants, or meat if it's a dairy product, dairy if it's meat, or either if it's neutral.\n\nSo, in the case of your pickle, if the company chooses not to Kosherize their equipment, it's not Kosher, and their product will not be bought by Jewish people.
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From the time that Cain and Abel made the first sacrifice to God, Jews, including Noah and Abraham, made animal sacrifices to God in many places.\n\nWhen the Jews received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai, one of the new laws stipulated that Jews were no longer allowed to bring sacrifices to God just anywhere. \n\nThe Torah says, "You may not worship God in such a manner. This you may do only on the site that God will choose from among all your tribes to place His Name there. You must seek His Presence, and you must go there. You will bring there your elevated offerings, your eaten sacrifices, your tithes, your hand-delivered elevated gifts, your general and specific pledges, the first born of your cattle and flocks...." (Deut. 12:4-6). \n\nFurthermore, "You will not do then what we do here now, where each person does as he sees fit.\nFor you have not yet come to the resting place and to the inheritance which the Lord your God gives you. But when you traverse the Jordan and you settle the land which the Lord your God gives you to inherit, and when He gives you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety, then there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause His Name to dwell there. There you must bring all that I command you, your burnt elevated offerings, your eaten sacrirfices, your tithes, your elevated gifts, and all your choice pledges that you might vow to the Lord." (Deut 12:8-11). \n\nThe Torah continues: "Watch yourself! Lest you bring your burnt elevated offerings in any place you see fit. Only in the place that the Lord will choose, somewhere from among your tribes, there shall your bring your burnt elevated offerings, and there you must do all that I command you concerning this." (Deut 12:13-14) \n\nThus, once King Solomon completed and dedicated the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, animal sacrifices were offered only in the Temple. It would be a sin to offer sacrifices in any other place. And once the Temple was destroyed in 70 CE, no more animal sacrifices were offered.\n\nI know that christians used to burn witches and persecute jews and muslims...but I don't think they burn witches anymore.
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I've asked this question before, actually. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AutS5JZA1SeAz4Wwe_TTd9rsy6IX?qid=1006053111285\nSeems to be a jewish tradition.
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that's a hard one :\nJesus - born a Jew, will not touch meat that is not kosher.\nMuhammad preferred camels.\nBuddha is a prince, he could not cook an omelet.\nKrishna was born a god, he would not touch it.
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of land animals, those which do not BOTH chew the cud and have a true split hoof are unclean.\n\nOf sea animals, those which do not BOTH have fins and scales are unclean.\n\nTherefore, here are some other examples:\nall shellfish (crabs, lobsters, clams, oysters,etc)\ncertain other fish, such as catfish (they don't have scales)\nrabbits,\ndogs,\ncats,\nhorses,\nsnakes,\nalligators,\n\nOf birds....The Bible just gives a long list of birds by name.  However, most or many of these birds are not identifiable today.  Therefore, Jews only eat those birds which they have a tradition of knowing that they are clean.  For example, chicken and turkey are known to be clean.  (In fact Israel is the place where people eat the most turkey per capita).\n\nAny bird for which there is not a known tradition to eat it, is not eaten.\n\n**Special note on locusts:\nA certain type of locust is kosher.  However, most Jews forgot which locusts were kosher and which were unclean, and therefore, they are not permitted to eat them at all, because the tradition was lost.  However, interestingly, there are Jews who lived in Yemen for many years who DID retain the tradition about which locusts were kosher.  And therefore, it is permissible for those Yemenite Jews to eat the clean locust.  (it is determined by a mark on the abdomen that looks like the Hebrew letter chet).
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This is something I found by an anonymous guest writer on another forum some time ago but it is in the same vein as your question and I think it provides an aswer, I'm sure the person who wrote it won't mind me posting it here, enjoy:\n\n(quote)\n"Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. I have learned a great deal from your show, and I try to share that knowledge with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind him that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination. End of debate.\n\nI do need some advice from you, however, regarding some of the specific laws and how to best follow them.\n\na) When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev 1:9). The problem is my neighbors. They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?\n\nb) I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her?\n\nc) I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness (Lev 15:19-24). The problem is, how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.\n\nd) Lev. 25:44 states that I may indeed possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians?\n\ne) I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself?\n\nf) A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an Abomination (Lev 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this?\n\ng) Lev 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle room here?\n\nh) Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev 19:27. How should they die?\n\ni) I know from Lev 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?\n\nj) My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev 19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? (Lev 24:10-16) Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14)\n\nI know you have studied these things extensively, so I am confident you can help.\n\nThank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.\n\nYour devoted disciple and adoring fan."(unquote)
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The way I see it ("IMHO"):\n\nKosher is rabbinical, not God's Law. i.e. I don't think He would be looking for the Rabbis' blessings/certification of what food is clean to eat.\n\nHowever, Yeshua has been around a long time & is not susceptible to being suckered into cult followings. He was with God before the universe was created. He was/is the Word. Moses wrote down God's Word - it is called Torah & has all the [perfect] laws of [perfect] God. So, when 'the Word became flesh & tabernacled among us' He knew the Law - He is the Author of it! He lived it, He taught it, He explained it. And He sinlessly kept it. (He didn't change any of the Torah Law; He did challenge and disregard some of the oral/traditional law of the rabbis.)\n\nFaithful believers are commanded to be holy (set apart for God) and to follow The Way of the Messiah. He is God; God is unchanging, "the same yesterday, today & forever." Eating unclean animals is abhorrent to God; an abomination. Yeshua didn't do it 2000 years ago; He would not eat unclean food now. (He "can do anything," but He *chooses* to be obedient to the will of the Father.)\n\nAnyway, my Savior did not suffer, die & rise for me (or any faithful believer) to eat ~Easter~ ham, shellfish, scavengers or anything unclean! (It is the Cult of Emperor Constantine & the Popes who co-opted the term "Christianity" and made changes to religious practices which are merely traditions of men. And they lead off the path of righteousness to destruction. You can't serve God & man - who are your going to follow & serve?)
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Food.  Hopefully kosher food, but that depends on how kosher the Jewish person in question happens to be.\n\nFor those who keep kosher all fresh fruits and vegetables are kosher (unless contaminated by bugs).  Fish is kosher if it has both scales and fins.  Meat from properly kosher killed and inspected beef, chicken, turkey, etc is all acceptable.  \n\nPrepared, boxed and canned food will carry a kosher mark on the package if it is kosher.
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I am a Mormon, and I am not a vegetarian.\n\nAs far as if it is ALLOWED... I think that some Mormons DO choose to be vegetarians.  There really isn't anything in Mormon doctrine that says anything AGAINST being a vegetarian.  \n\nHowever, I believe that part of the reason animals were put here on this Earth, is to be food for us.  If they die, and they weren't sick, then I think it's a good thing to eat the animals, so the meat isn't needlessly wasted.
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No Pork, No Shellfish, And Only Fish That Have  Scales! Only Kosher Meat, Most Anything Else Is OK, Good Luck!
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pork in many religions is considered unclean
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pigs are considered dirty. cows are sacred and jews dont eat shellfish,christians can eat anything they like apart from themselves and other humans.
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To say that God didnt allow people to eat these things anciently because of no refridgeration or anything like that is absurd.  If you believe that then you would have to agree that God is not all knowing.  He must not have realized that one day in the future someone would invent a box to keep ice and meat in because if He did realize it then He surely He would have said "when the ice box in developed you may eat of these unclean animals".  \n\nThe problem here is translation the words "tahor" and "tamei" in hebrew do not translate well in to english so they chose the words "clean" and "unclean".  It is a spiritual teaching using physical things like a pig for instance.  But like any other commandment, if you strip the physical part of actually doing the commandment away, and only focus on the spiritual it will eventually loose its meaning thats why the physical is so important.  This would take me a while to explain but essentially the animals we are not to eat are scavengers, they devour other animals.  The animals that are edible chew cud.  Man was originally made to be vegetarian but when God allowed meat during the time of Noah, He chose animals that chewed cud.  If we were not going to be vegetarians then at least we would only eat animals that chewed cud so we were only one step away in the chain so to speak.  \n\nI dont want to ramble but this is a huge subject that needs to be taught.  There are so many other areas to cover like divided hooves and chewing cud being linked with rightly dividing the word and chewing on it until it becomes milk to feed "baby" believers in Yhwh.  There is really a lot there if you study it out.
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No. I am a completely devoted Zoroaster and follow the rules and principals very carefully. I can eat meat and do so.