Hello I am learning and starting to practice MJ and I am curious on how to follow kashrut food law? under Yeshuas commandments. Do you buy only kosher slaughtered meats? Or is it okay for us to buy kosher animal meat then kosher it ourselves? What does mosaic law say about this and it is reasonable to follow what something like the Talmud might say? as far as I understand Yeshua said not to do as the Pharisees did but stay in mosaic law. I would have to drive for hours to go to a kosher store and get kosher raised/slaughtered meat. I will go vegetarian if I have to.
as MJ are we to completely ignore the Talmud as commandments of man?
also do you do things like wear different types of cloth and cut the edges of your hair/beard? Does Yeshua want me to?
Matthew 15 8-9
8‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. 9
They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
Welcome! I hope you stay and continue to grow in your spirit! The dietary laws are found in Leviticus. If you only go by these, technically, it is kosher. However, there are some things to consider. As Hark mentioned, processed foods have hidden ingredients. Such as mono and diglycerides (pig fat), and other ingredients which had the name changed so people don't know what it is.
Animals also have to be slaughtered properly. In the vast majority of modern day animal processing, the animals are killed humanely and the blood is drained. If you buy a slab of meat, it is likely butchered in a Biblically appropriate manner. But processed meats, such as sausages, may not be kosher. Pork casings are sometimes used to line beef sausages, and cross contamination is a problem with machinery if it has not been washed.
Animals that were strangled, or died of natural causes, or torn by wild animals(treif), are not kosher.
Genetically modified organisms are not kosher because they are kilayim. This is a misunderstood word found in Leviticus 19:19. There are animals today such as a goat that produces spider web instead of milk; it's milk gene was replaced with a spider's web gene. This spider-goat is gmo or kilayim and is not kosher. Unfortunately, the Orthodox Union believes this is kosher!
There is a saying, pay the OU enough money and they will certify anything. So your best bet is to decide if a product is kosher based on your own research, and not listen to what the OU says. They are corrupt.
Organic items are not permitted to contain any gmos.
I personally believe mixing flesh and dairy is allowed. The prohibition against cheeseburgers is in the Talmud, not the Torah. If you choose not to eat cheeseburgers, that's up to you.
The Talmud is like a commentary. But it isn't infallible. I don't put it equal to the Bible.
Fun fact, the word "kosher" actually means "healthy" or "fit". Not everything labeled kosher is kosher.
I believe that men should have beards of some sort. The command is not to destroy or completely remove the beard or hair on the head. This has nothing to do with payotes. That is a Chassisdic Jew tradition.
I believe wearing mixed clothing is allowed. There is a command not to wear a mixture of flax and wool. This is shaatnez. As for why shaatnez is forbidden, the best theory is that is disrupts your body's energy somehow. There could be another reason. But I have read about flax speeding up the body's healing ability, nurses in hospitals talked about it when the hospitals switched to polyester sheets and bandages instead of flax.
