Veganism etc.
Hello Michi
As I understand from your articles, there is no moral problem.
Eat animal products that have been raised in good conditions without any suffering.
There is no moral problem with eating kosher slaughtered meat and poultry that was raised under good conditions, right?
(I heard that there are studies that show that kosher slaughter
There is hardly any suffering for the animal)
What are you saying?
Indeed, that is my opinion.
But the suffering I'm talking about is not the suffering of slaughter, but the suffering of the industrial growing and preparation process.
Why is it okay to eat an animal? (Meatpoultryfish)
After all, I kill an animal for my own pleasure
Don't you think that's immoral?
And what about enjoying objects made of leather
like a leather coat or leather shoes or tefillin and also a Torah scroll and so on
I saw on the Internet that a certain rabbi answered
The animal is happy that mitzvot are performed on it
Is this a statement that has any meaning or is it complete nonsense?
And another question
What is the source from which you derive your morality
The Torah? Or from your moral sense?
(I would also like you to explain whether you think the Torah has its own morality at all
and whether we are obligated to act according to it)
Because according to the Torah, it seems that the Torah permits the use of animals for our own consumption
whether it is eating or anything according to the laws (animal organs, slaughter, etc.)
Of course, during the time of the Torah, there was no such terrible industry
But what is certain is that according to the morality of the Torah, there is no problem at all
to use animals for our own consumption in an appropriate way
Because our dignity is higher than theirs
So for the time being, I thought that I would not cooperate with the industry
And only eat vegan food or animal food that I know is in proper conditions
But with the use of animals in a non-industrial way for my own needs, everything is fine
Is it morally okay to continue to wear my tefillin from the bar mitzvah
Or do I need to find tefillin from a manbala?
I would be happy if you would share the whole issue of our use of animals
What do you think is morally wrong and should not be done
(from a moral point of view and also what is forbidden from a halakhic point of view in your opinion)
What do you think is permissible but there is a virtue in not doing it
And what do you not see as so necessary from a moral point of view to do or not to do it
(Of course I would be happy to hear arguments at every stage of your answer)
All the best.
(I saw the investigations and was shocked)
Killing an animal is not such a bad thing. It is not a human being. As long as there is no suffering, then perhaps it is a virtue not to kill it, but there is no fault in those who do so for their own use. Performing a mitzvot is no worse than any other use.
My morality comes from my moral sense/conscience. There is no such thing as Jewish morality or Torah morality. There is morality.
Just because the Torah permits something does not mean it is moral. It means there is no halakhic problem with it. But a moral problem is certainly possible. See column 15.
Regarding tefillin, that has already been done. The question is what to do with new tefillin. A family I know found a solution and took tefillin that were their grandfather's. But of course this is not a solution for everyone.
There is no room here to write a full Shul.
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