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  2. Christian dietary laws - Wikipedia

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    The Seventh-day Adventist Church follows the Old Testament's Mosaic Law on dietary restrictions, which is also the basis for the Jewish dietary laws. They only eat meat of a herbivore with split hooves and birds without a crop and without webbed feet; they also do not eat shellfish of any kind, and they only eat fish with scales.

  3. Milk and meat in Jewish law - Wikipedia

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    The mixture of meat and dairy (Hebrew: בשר בחלב, romanized: basar bechalav, lit. 'meat in milk') is forbidden according to Jewish law.This dietary law, basic to kashrut, is based on two verses in the Book of Exodus, which forbid "boiling a (goat) kid in its mother's milk" [1] and a third repetition of this prohibition in Deuteronomy.

  4. Hygiene in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    In the Old Testament, ablution was considered a prerequisite to approaching God, ... The reasoning behind the food rules are obscure; for the rest the guiding ...

  5. Ancient Israelite cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Food in Antiquity: A Survey of the Diet of Early People (Expanded ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-5740-6. Cooper, John (1993). Eat and Be Satisfied: A Social History of Jewish Food. New Jersey: Jason Aronson Inc. ISBN 0-87668-316-2. Feinberg Vamosh, Miriam (2007). Food at the Time of the Bible: From Adam's Apple to the Last ...

  6. Fasting and abstinence in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    Rules relating to fasting pertain to the quantity of food allowed on days of fasting, while those regulating abstinence refer to the quality or type of food. The Christian tradition of fasts and abstinence developed from Old Testament practices, and were an integral part of the early church community.

  7. Law of Moses - Wikipedia

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    The Law of Moses or Torah of Moses (Hebrew: תֹּורַת מֹשֶׁה ‎, Torat Moshe, Septuagint Ancient Greek: νόμος Μωυσῆ, nómos Mōusē, or in some translations the "Teachings of Moses" [1]) is a biblical term first found in the Book of Joshua 8:31–32, where Joshua writes the Hebrew words of "Torat Moshe תֹּורַת מֹשֶׁה ‎" on an altar of stones at Mount Ebal.

  8. Unclean animal - Wikipedia

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    The pig is considered an unclean animal as food in Judaism and Islam, and parts of Christianity. In some religions , an unclean animal is an animal whose consumption or handling is taboo . According to these religions, persons who handle such animals may need to ritually purify themselves to get rid of their uncleanliness.

  9. Daniel Fast - Wikipedia

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    The passage in Chapter 10 refers to a three-week fast of no meat, wine, or rich food. [6] In addition to the practices of fasting and abstinence undertaken during the Daniel Fast, Christians may also add spiritual disciplines such as daily church attendance , increased prayer , as well as the reading of Sacred Scripture and a daily devotional .