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(Surprised? or have your own question?) 4. Reform
Jews do not keep kosher. "In attempting to evolve a personal position on kashrut, the Reform Jew or the Reform Jewish family should understand that there are several options, e.g., abstention from pork products and/or shellfish, or perhaps adding to this abstention the separation of milk and meat; these practices might be observed in the home and not when eating out, or they might be observed all the time. Or one might opt to eat only kosher meat or even to adopt some form of vegetarianism so as to avoid the necessity of taking a life. (This would be in consonance with the principle of tzaar baalei chayim - prevention of pain or cruelty to animals. The range of options available to the Reform Jew is from full observance of the biblical and rabbinic regulations to total non-obervance. Reform Judaism does not take an "all or nothing" approach." (Gates of Mitzvah p.132)
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From "Understanding the Challenge of Reform Judaism: A Workshop for Teachers." UAHC, Editors: Gail Teicher Fellus and Rabbi Nina Mizrahi. Used by permission of the UAHC Press. |
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