Shalom (Peace), to all of you.
A. The Torah states, "Do not cook a kid [goat] in its' mother's milk" (Exodus 23:19), a reference to an ancient recipe that most normal people wouldn't come near today (especially if that thing on your plate still looks like a goat).
B. From this prohibition (Negative Mitzvah #187, to be exact), The Rabbis derived the Halachah (Jewish law) that any meat product may not be eaten with any dairy product. (From the same passage is derived Negative Mitzvah #186, which separately prohibits cooking, baking or otherwise mixing meat and dairy products together.)
C. So what's so terrible about eating meat and milk together? What's G-d's problem with it? Here's two reasons: 1) because cooking and/or eating meat and milk together was an idolatrous practice, and idolatrous practices are forbidden by the Torah, and 2) according to Kabbalah, milk symbolizes life and meat symbolizes death, and combining the two creates a spiritual clash in the celestial realms both of your soul and in the worlds beyond us.
How do I avoid eating meat and milk together?
1. Segregation in the Service
Not eating meat and milk together begins with avoiding situations that might bring the two together in the first place. So start with a Kosher kitchen--such a place contains two separate countertop workspaces, and two separate closet spaces each containing a complete set of dishes, cutlery, pots and pans and utensils. According to physics (and you can ask Julia Child about this), metals (and certainly woods) can "absorb" and become impregnated with the "flavors" or residues of the foods prepared with or in them. Thus, your favorite meat stew pot may not be used to make real hot cocoa (which calls for hot milk), because the cocoa milk would have meaty overtones. Additionally, you'll need separate ovens, microwaves and stovetop burners for meat and dairy products, respectively. (Many kosher kitchens simply have two separate ovens.)
2. Take Your Time
After enjoying a hearty pastrami sandwich or any other meat product, halachah rules that you must wait a minimum of six hours before falling upon your beloved mozzarella. Here, human biology comes into play: since it takes the stomach about six hours to fully digest the proteins known as meats, if any dairy product enters the stomach during that time, the stomach will process and churn both foods together. Jewish law considers this to be eating meat and milk together, so do hold off on the pizza if you've just wolfed down a steak.
The situation generally works the same in reverse--you must wait some time after dairy stuff before you eat meat. Some dairy products wend their way through the digestive system faster, so one would only have to wait a few minutes, or an hour, after eating them before moving on to meat. Some cheeses, though, like cheddar, do take six hours to fully break down and absorb into the body, so you may have to wait that long for your pastrami sandwich if you just enjoyed some fine Wisconsin fare.
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First of all you first must get your facts straight. There are not “billions” of innocent Palestinians. There are only 6 billion people on this entire earth, I am afraid your being a bit over dramatic.
Here are the totals of Palestinians vs. Israeli deaths in this conflict from 2000-2006:
Palestinians – 4209 deaths
Israeli’s – 1113 deaths
Yes, the Palestinians certainly have more deaths and no one has denied this, however, please get your facts straight. More innocent black Muslims die at the hands of their fellow Muslims every day in Darfur then in all six years of Palestinian deaths combined sometimes.
There is also a lot of "proof" of Palestinians commiting terrorist atrocities as well. You might not know must I am advocate for the Palestinian cause in many respects as a Jew! But viewing the pure hatred of some people like yourself, I must say, you all seem to never cease at putting me back on the Israeli side!
The gas chambers of Auschwitz certainly killed more Jews each day than Palestinians have died the last 6 years! But that is irrelevant. The facts are that Palestinians are dieing and hopefully peace will come soon, however with the malicious attitudes of people like yourself choosing ignorance over knowledge, and war over peace, I am afraid you’re pitiable stereotyping of me and my religion; Judaism, will gain you little esteem in an actual intellectual dialogue.
But in response to the end of your post... I must say that I got the response that I thought I would get...
Ignorance.
hew making times hard and times is precious I guess its best to ask.
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