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<category>Never Prohibited | <category>Never Prohibited | ||
<p>Meat was permitted from the beginning of time.  Even Adam was never prohibited from eating animals.</p> | <p>Meat was permitted from the beginning of time.  Even Adam was never prohibited from eating animals.</p> | ||
| − | <mekorot>, <multilink><a href="RalbagBereshitBeurHaMilot1-29" data-aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagBereshitBeurHaMilot1-29" data-aht="source">Bereshit Beur HaMilot 1:29</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Levi b. Gershom</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="ShadalBereshit1-30" data-aht="source">Shadal</a><a href="ShadalBereshit1-30" data-aht="source">Bereshit 1:30</a><a href="ShadalBereshit9-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit 9:4</a><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink></mekorot> | + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="PhiloQUESTIONSANDANSWERSONGENESISII-58" data-aht="source">Philo</a><a href="PhiloQUESTIONSANDANSWERSONGENESISII-58" data-aht="source">QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON GENESIS, II:58</a><a href="Philo" data-aht="parshan">About Philo</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RSaadiaGaonCommentaryBereshit1p259-260" data-aht="source">R. Saadia Gaon #1</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonCommentaryBereshit1p259-260" data-aht="source">Commentary Bereshit 1 (p. 259-260)</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonCommentaryBereshit9p344" data-aht="source">Commentary Bereshit 9 (p. 344)</a><a href="R. Saadia Gaon" data-aht="parshan">About R. Saadia Gaon</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RalbagBereshitBeurHaMilot1-29" data-aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagBereshitBeurHaMilot1-29" data-aht="source">Bereshit Beur HaMilot 1:29</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Levi b. Gershom</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="ShadalBereshit1-30" data-aht="source">Shadal</a><a href="ShadalBereshit1-30" data-aht="source">Bereshit 1:30</a><a href="ShadalBereshit9-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit 9:4</a><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemuel David Luzzatto</a></multilink></mekorot> |
</category> | </category> | ||
<category>Prohibited After Adam's Sin Until the Flood | <category>Prohibited After Adam's Sin Until the Flood | ||
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<opinion>Original prohibition was a practical necessity | <opinion>Original prohibition was a practical necessity | ||
| − | <mekorot><multilink><a href=" | + | <p>Adam was not prohibited from eating meat for any fundamental reason, but rather due to the scarcity of animals at the time or lack of knowledge regarding how to cook them.</p> |
| + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RSaadiaGaonCommentaryBereshit1p259-260" data-aht="source">R. Saadia Gaon #2</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonCommentaryBereshit1p259-260" data-aht="source">Commentary Bereshit 1 (p. 259-260)</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonCommentaryBereshit4p304" data-aht="source">Commentary Bereshit 4 (p. 304)</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonCommentaryBereshit9p344" data-aht="source">Commentary Bereshit 9 (p. 344)</a><a href="R. Saadia Gaon" data-aht="parshan">About R. Saadia Gaon</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="HoilMosheBereshit" data-aht="source">Hoil Moshe</a><a href="HoilMosheBereshit" data-aht="source">Bereshit</a><a href="R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi (Hoil Moshe)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi</a></multilink></mekorot> | ||
</opinion> | </opinion> | ||
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Version as of 11:37, 8 September 2015
Permission to Eat Meat
Exegetical Approaches
Never Prohibited
Meat was permitted from the beginning of time. Even Adam was never prohibited from eating animals.
Prohibited After Adam's Sin Until the Flood
Adam was initially allowed to eat meat but after sinning in the garden, he lost this privilege until the flood atoned for his sins.
Sources:Rashba, Tzeror Hamor #2
Permitted After the Flood
Man was not given permission to eat meat until after the flood. Commentators differ in their understanding of the reason for the change.
Permission was granted as a reward
As a reward for caring for the animals on the ark, Noach and future generations were given permission to eat meat.
Permission was a concession
After the flood, mankind was allowed to eat animals as a concession to human frailties.
Original prohibition was a practical necessity
Adam was not prohibited from eating meat for any fundamental reason, but rather due to the scarcity of animals at the time or lack of knowledge regarding how to cook them.
