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Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animals. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Saturday, May 6, 2017
Jerusalem Zoo Animals - Some of my favorite photos (Steve Martin)
Africa lion
Jerusalem Zoo Animals
- Some of my favorite photos
Steve Martin, May 6, 2017 in Israel
Syrian brown bear
Chimpanzee
Teddy the Asian Elephant
Deer species
Australian kangaroo
Prairie dogs (USA)
Spider monkey
Monday, February 1, 2016
Ancient Biblical Scholars’ Incredible Teachings Come to Life With Modern Invention of Lab-Grown Meat By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz - BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS
(Photo: Stracomm USIM/ Wiki Commons)
Ancient Biblical Scholars’ Incredible Teachings Come to Life With Modern Invention of Lab-Grown Meat
“And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house: ‘Bring the men into the house, and kill the beasts, and prepare the meat; for the men shall dine with me at noon.'” (Genesis 43:16)
While the astonishing high-tech process of creating laboratory-grown meat may solve the problems of vegetarians and animal rights activists forever, the new phenomenon might be problematic for a group of people whose dietary needs have never been exactly simple: the Jews.
Stem cell research has now advanced to the point where meat protein is being cultured in labs with the goal of developing commercially-viable methods of mass production. This new technology will bring enormous advantages for the environment and may help solve world hunger. It appeals to animal rights activists, who can eat lab-grown protein with a clear conscience.
But apart from the practical benefits or drawbacks, the new technology also brings religious and spiritual implications which could shape our pre-Messianic reality.
The project’s breakthrough came two years ago, when Mark Post, a Dutch tissue engineer, successfully cooked up a hamburger made from 100% laboratory-grown beef. Though prohibitively expensive, costing 250,000 euros to produce (paid for by Google co-founder Sergey Brin), it is the harbinger of menus to come.
The Modern Agricultural Foundation in Ramat Gan, Israel, has launched a similar project concentrating on culturing stem cells from chickens.
As science opens doors, this new and unanticipated technology raises a wide range of practical issues for Torah scholars. When the process becomes commercially practicable, rabbinic authorities will rule on the new product: Is it really meat? Can it be considered kosher since it doesn’t have the traditional signs of a kosher animal (hooves, chewing cud, feathers, scales, fins)?
If so, can it be kosher since it cannot be slaughtered in the way described by the Torah (shechitah)? If it isn’t meat, can it be eaten with milk, which is forbidden? Is meat grown from pig stem cells kosher? Is taking the stem cells from a living animal considered ever min hachai, ripping a limb from a living creature, which is forbidden to Jews and non-Jews, according to the seven Noahide laws?
Incredibly, despite lab-grown meat being cutting-edge technology, Talmudic sages – influential Jewish scholars who wrote Biblical commentaries – dealt with similar questions hundreds of years ago. In tractate Sanhedrin 59b, the rabbis discuss “meat that descended from heaven”.
They tell of Rabbi Shimeon ben Chalafta, who was walking on the road when lions came and roared at him. He quoted, “The young lions roar for prey and beg their food from God” (Psalms 104:21), and two lumps of meat fell from heaven. The lions ate one and left the other. Rabbi ben Chalafta brought a piece of this meat to the study hall and asked: Is this fit to eat or not? The scholar answered: “Nothing unfit descends from heaven.” Rabbi Zera asked Rabbi Abbahu: “What if something in the shape of a donkey were to descend?” He replied: “You howling bird, did they not say that no unfit thing descends from heaven?”
The same tractate, on page 65b, deals with a similar issue, reading: “Rabbi Chanina and Rabbi Oshaia would spend every Sabbath eve studying the Sefer Yetsirah (Book of Creation, one of the early books of Kabbala) by means of which they created a calf and ate it.”
Rabbi Yeshayah Halevi Horowitz, a 16th century rabbinic authority, ruled that meat created in an unnatural manner, such as by Kabbalistic methods, is not considered a real animal and does not need ritual slaughtering.The Malbim, a 19th century Torah scholar, commented that meat created this way is not considered meat and can be eaten with milk. He suggested that this is the type of meat Abraham offered the angels (Genesis 17:7-8), and was therefore able to serve them milk at the same time.
Today’s rabbinic authorities have speculated on the practical halacha (Torah law), but until the technique becomes commercially viable and available to the public, not official ruling can be given. Breaking Israel News turned to Rabbi Moshe Elefant, Chief Operating Officer of the Orthodox Union’s Kashrut Department – the world’s largest not-for-profit kosher certification agency – and asked him how he viewed this new development from a spiritual perspective.
“We believe that everything in the world is created as part of God’s grand plan. God is the source, he gave intelligence to scientists and if they come up with this, we certainly believe it is divinely inspired,” he said.
Rabbi Elefant explained that he does not normally see things in a geula, or redemptive, context, but this development could certainly be seen as an indication Moshiach is approaching.
“I certainly believe that this is a step towards geula. It is written that as we approach the geula a lot of chochma (wisdom) will come forth that wasn’t there previously,” he explained. “This is part of coming closer, as we discover this type of chochma. This is here for us to see the greatness of God and the incredible universe that Hashem created. We can see how great the universe is that meat can be made without an animal.”
Saturday, September 12, 2015
Who Can Hear and Not Listen?
Who Can Hear and Not Listen?
Friday, September 11, 2015 | David Lazarus ISRAEL TODAY
For those who have not heard, the sound of the Shofar is not easy to describe. Primal, raw, unsettling can only begin to describe the stirrings in a Jewish soul contemplating its blast.
This year as we listen, the Shofar will not comfort. Its shout from realms beyond will demand our attention, for as in days of old, it is a call to arms, an alarm alerting to imminent danger. In synagogues around the world the Shofar will solemnly declare, “Arise, for there are shakings in the earth. Shall the Shofar be blown in a city and the people not tremble?" (Amos 3:6)
Reserved for sacred assemblies, listening to the Shofar this year will once again stir memories of Sinai where the people trembled and the mountains shook. It will recall the mighty walls of Jericho crumbling into dust at its blast.
“The great Day of the Lord is a day of the Shofar and alarm," warns the prophet (Zephaniah 1:14,16). With its cry the Shofar will stir us to consider the judgments of God now coming on the earth. The prophet Isaiah warns of a great Shofar heralding the Day of the Lord (Isa. 27:13). Listening we are shaken as we lift up our voices and plead, “O Lord, let Grace and Truth be known once again in our land.”
The Shofar is fashioned of the horns of animals fit for sacrifice. For it will call forth the sprinkled Mercy Seat at the conclusion of the Day of Atonement, its animal sound awakening repentance, drawing us back to God.
And when we have passed from this small earth, we shall once more hear the sound of the Shofar at our resurrection (1 Thess. 4:16, 1 Cor. 15:52). This is to say, "Awake from your slumber, you who have fallen asleep in life, and reflect on your deeds. Remember your creator. Be not of those who miss reality in the pursuit of shadows, and waste their lives in seeking after vain things which neither profit nor save. Look well to your souls and improve your character. Forsake each of you his evil ways and return unto the Lord." (Maimonides)
This year the Shofar will be heard at sundown Sunday, September 13, the beginning of the Hebrew New Year 5776. May its cry call forth the beginning of a season of renewal and even rebirth from above for the people of Israel, and may it be a time of reflection and re-commitment to God for all those who love the God of Israel.
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Friday, October 24, 2014
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Just for fun - dogs and cats. Which do you have?
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Your dog's reaction when you get home.
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Your cat's reaction when you get home.
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Cat waking up.
Dog waking up.
How you know a dog is hungry.
How you know a cat is hungry.
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How a dog feels after misbehaving.
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How a cat feels after misbehaving.
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How a dog feels when you get him a doggie friend.
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How a cat feels when you get it a kitty friend.
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How a dog steals food.
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How a cat steals food.
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When a cat annoys a dog.
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When a dog annoys a cat.
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A dog's reaction to getting wet.
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A cat's reaction to getting wet.
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A dog's relationship with birds.
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A cat's relationship with birds.
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Dog's reaction to a walk.
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Cat's reaction to a walk.
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Cat at 6 a.m.
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Dog at 6 a.m.
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