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DEUTERONOMY | 12:20 meat — DEUT574 Until the messianic age, the Torah assume...

DEUT574 Until the messianic age, the Torah assumed that meat eating, although permitted, should be an occasional act, to be carried out only "if your soul craves to eat meat" [this verse]. The Talmud comments that this verse "teaches a rule of proper conduct, that a person should not eat meat unless he has a particular craving for it [and not as a regular regimen]" (Chullin 84a). The same page of the Talmud also teaches that "a parent should not accustom his son to meat and wine." In commenting on the biblical passage about a wayward, rebellious son, the Talmud and later commentators regard gluttonous consumption of meat and wine as an indicator of an adolescent's bad character (Mishnah Sanhedrin 8:2, Sanhedrin 70a, and Rashi on Deuteronomy 21:18).

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Source KeyTELVOL2
Verse12:20
Keyword(s)meat
Source Page(s)332-3
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