Rabbit CohenFollowup question: is Mr Mime a mammal? Definitely not asking because of Torah or anything like that (I am 100% asking because of Torah).
I guess technically that's not really how animals are divided up in Torah, so it doesn't really matter?
Another Angry Woman@BathysphereHat imo it is Plato's featherless biped
Skyler (Star Group)@BathysphereHat hmm, would all grass type pokemon be not only kosher but vegan? or are there also kosher rules about plant foods?
@AlienSkyler That's an interesting question! From a nutritional standpoint, I suppose they might be vegan, but veganism is often more of an ethical thing. And from an ethical standpoint, you're still eating an animal or animal products. There are some kosher rules about plant foods, particularly grapes and wine.
@AlienSkyler I don't know of a grape/wine based Pokemon, so I don't think that really applies. But also, a lot of the grass types are based on animals that aren't kosher, so it depends.
@BathysphereHat oh wow, what is the grape thing?
and i just asked my brother if it would be vegan to eat a grass type pokemon and he said it depended on what part, hypothetically you could cut the bulb off a bulbasaur without killing it and eat the bulb but the poor bulbasaur would be scarred for life and now i'm low key traumatized
and i just asked my brother if it would be vegan to eat a grass type pokemon and he said it depended on what part, hypothetically you could cut the bulb off a bulbasaur without killing it and eat the bulb but the poor bulbasaur would be scarred for life and now i'm low key traumatized
@AlienSkyler It's kinda complicated, but the Wikipedia article about kosher wine covers it pretty well I think? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosher_wine
Also, I think that eating a bulbasaur's bulb MIGHT be vegetarian, if it doesn't really harm the bulbasaur, but it definitely wouldn't be vegan.
@BathysphereHat yeah, i agree about the bulbasaur thing but now i'm upset just thinking about being so cruel to a bulbasaur
@BathysphereHat ah interesting, i know there are non vegan wine additives so it makes sense there would be non kosher ones but i didn't know wine was so important it had to be made in a religiously sanctified way, that's interesting
it makes sense though, when i was christian my mom said not to buy incense unless it was made by christians, i don't want to think about that though
it makes sense though, when i was christian my mom said not to buy incense unless it was made by christians, i don't want to think about that though
Jon Winter@BathysphereHat my understanding is that Kosher birds have 3 front toes and a 4th back toe. Any other toe is an extra toe.
Elie ESH Hirschman 🎱@BathysphereHat
Just saw your question and I went to a seminar on mesorah of kosher animals many years back, so it jogged my memory. There's no explanation I can give you other than confirming that it's definitely mentioned in the sources. If you compare pics of bird feet (no kink shaming), you should notice a pattern, and they may group their toes differently when sitting on a wire, for example. Attaching pics of some of the source material.
Just saw your question and I went to a seminar on mesorah of kosher animals many years back, so it jogged my memory. There's no explanation I can give you other than confirming that it's definitely mentioned in the sources. If you compare pics of bird feet (no kink shaming), you should notice a pattern, and they may group their toes differently when sitting on a wire, for example. Attaching pics of some of the source material.