02-08-2008, 01:19 PM
Even Rashi pointed out that the prohibition on boiling a kid in its mother's milk had to do with a pagan harvest festival...which we've now discovered he was right on. This is prohibited because it is a pagan ritual, which is why it is not listed with the dietary restrictions, but with festal/harvest ordinances.
The prohibition on milk and meat is a part of the famed "hedge around the Torah." They figure that if you're not eating milk and meat together you can't boil a kid in its mother's milk. Kinda ridiculous extrapolation.
So no, it is not Scriptural. It is a rabbinic ordinance, which Rashi proved that they knew better than to make. Don't go boiling a kid in it's mother's milk and you're still Kasher.
Shalom uvrachot,
Dawid
The prohibition on milk and meat is a part of the famed "hedge around the Torah." They figure that if you're not eating milk and meat together you can't boil a kid in its mother's milk. Kinda ridiculous extrapolation.
So no, it is not Scriptural. It is a rabbinic ordinance, which Rashi proved that they knew better than to make. Don't go boiling a kid in it's mother's milk and you're still Kasher.
Shalom uvrachot,
Dawid