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size=2>From: "Marty Bluke" <A
href="mailto:marty.bluke@gmail.com">marty.bluke@gmail.com</A><BR><I don?t really
like the model of mitzvot having intrinsic effects on<BR></I></FONT></DIV>
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size=2>>>The Shulchan Aruch in Yoreh Deah Siman 81 paskens that a Jewish
baby<BR>is allowed to have a non-Jewish wet nurse, however the Shulchan
Aruch<BR>says that you shouldn't do it because the non-kosher food will
harm<BR>the baby spiritually. </FONT></DIV>
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size=2>... In any case, we<BR>see clearly from the Ran that non-kosher is
objectively poison and<BR>harmful even if you eat it
b'heter.<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent"
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<DIV><BR>....We see clearly that this idea that any non-kosher food is
metamtem<BR>halev, meaning it has intrinsic effects, even if eaten
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<DIV>I've long noticed that vegetarians often become ba'alei teshuva or to put
it another way, many BTs have a history of having been vegetarians. I have
long believed that since they were willy nilly keeping kosher, their neshamos
were purified and were more open to accepting the Torah. (No, I'm not
a vegetarian.)</DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><B><BR></B><BR><B>--Toby
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