tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post4526000291630180579..comments2023-09-11T17:58:13.764-04:00Comments on The Rebbetzin's Husband: Kashrut: Of Labels Permanent and TransientThe Rebbetzin's Husbandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-46431370858463248052015-04-15T23:41:15.873-04:002015-04-15T23:41:15.873-04:00Bob-
Why assume that this is what he was thinking?...Bob-<br />Why assume that this is what he was thinking? Asking about logic is hardly the same thing as assuming ulterior motives, or rejecting the mitzvah, to my mind.The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-14679827610810015402015-04-15T09:54:01.608-04:002015-04-15T09:54:01.608-04:00Maybe I was being too unkind, but the snake's ...Maybe I was being too unkind, but the snake's argument may at least overlap the student's.Bob Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-6549185962530982312015-04-15T09:46:44.690-04:002015-04-15T09:46:44.690-04:00You wrote: Twenty years ago, a student asked me, ...You wrote: Twenty years ago, a student asked me, “If G-d made a cow, and G-d made a pig, then why am I allowed to eat a cow, but not a pig?”<br /><br />Isn't the student's basic argument the same one the snake made to Chava? It assumes that prohibitions we don't fully understand were put on us for ulterior motives and that we should follow our desires, which, after all, were created, too.Bob Millernoreply@blogger.com