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Passover was considered
such a treat. When meat was
eaten, the rules of kosher, laid
Judaism from the traditions of
rival faiths.
For meat to be considered
out in Leviticus and
kosher, it has to be slaughtered
Deuteronomy, applied. Jesus
in rabinically-approved fashion,
came to fulfil the Law, not
the blood must be drained and it
abolish it, and would have
must not be consumed with
followed these rules.
dairy foods. This last rule stems
Some of the prohibitions, such
from the prohibition against
as snake and birds of prey,
eating a kid boiled in its
come as no surprise. The ban
mother’s milk, which is found in
on meats commonly eaten
Exodus.
elsewhere, such as pork and
There were no
rabbit, is less easy to explain
and may originate in long-
with salt from the Dead Sea
forgotten bids to differentiate
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refrigerators in Jesus’ day. Even
rubbed into it, meat would have