The first teaching about vegetarianism in the Torah or Five Books of Moses and also the first dietary law of Judaism is: Behold, I have given you every herb-yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed—to you it shall be for food. (Genesis 1:29) It does not take much imagination to assume from this original commandment that God’s intention was for humans to be vegetarians. The Talmud, the highly respected commentary on the Jewish laws made by its sages, also agrees that vegetarianism was the primary spiritual directive. It is no accident that after the giving of this dietary law, in Genesis 1:31 it says God saw all that he had made and “behold, it was very good.” In other words, vegetarianism is part of God’s plan as it is described in the Torah. Other early verses in Genesis also support the idea of a vegetarian diet. And the Lord God commanded the man saying: of every tree of the garden, thou mayest freely eat. . . . (Genesis 2:16) . . . and thou shalt eat the herbs of the field. (Genesis 3:18) Gabriel Cousens, MD Conscious Eating Join the CSHW Month-Long Masters Intensive this May 27th and get a Conscious Eating education! Click here for more information: ow.ly/vFe7C
Posted on: Tue, 20 May 2014 02:00:11 +0000
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