{"id":755536,"date":"2018-12-11T07:52:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T12:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=755536"},"modified":"2018-12-11T07:53:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T12:53:32","slug":"should-jews-be-vegetarians-or-even-vegans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=755536","title":{"rendered":"Should Jews Be Vegetarians, or Even Vegans?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>'The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and no one shall hurt nor destroy in all of God\u2019s holy mountain'.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>RICHARD H. SCHWARTZ:<\/strong><em> &#8216;Numerous scientific studies have linked animal-based diets directly to heart disease, strokes, many forms of cancer, and other life-threatening diseases&#8230; Judaism mandates that people should be very careful about preserving their health and their lives&#8230; A shift to vegetarianism, and even more so veganism, is especially important today since animal-based diets are contributing to an epidemic of diseases and animal-based agriculture is a major contributor to climate change and other environmental threats to humanity&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The above case is strengthened by the fact that God\u2019s first dietary regimen was strictly vegan: \u201cAnd God said: \u2018Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree that has seed-yielding fruit \u2014 to you it shall be for food.\u2019\u201d (Genesis 1:29) This is consistent with modern scientific findings that humans are closer to non-carnivorous animals than to carnivorous ones in terms of our hands, teeth, intestional system, stomach acids, and other features.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>In addition, according to Rabbi Abraham Isaac Hacohen Kook, first chief rabbi of pre-state Israel, and other Jewish scholars, the Messianic period will again be vegan, based on Isaiah\u2019s prophecy (11:6 \u2013 9): \u201cThe wolf shall dwell with the lamb, . . . , the lion shall eat straw like the ox, . . ., and no one shall hurt nor destroy in all of [God\u2019s] holy mountain&#8221;.&#8217;<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.timesofisrael.com\/should-jews-be-vegetarians-or-even-vegans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1oUB_0gPgf0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RICHARD H. 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