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Does accidentally eating insects make you mentally ill?

שו”תCategory: generalDoes accidentally eating insects make you mentally ill?
asked 5 years ago

peace,
I don’t think it makes sense for an ordinary person not to eat any insects that are probably in various vegetables and that haven’t fallen off.
In various tests and washes.
So do these insects that humans unintentionally eat make the mind dull?


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מיכי Staff answered 5 years ago
Regarding the question of mental dullness, I don’t know if large insects do this. I also don’t know who could know. Therefore, I can’t answer you about small insects. In any case, in the accepted view, what is halachically permissible also doesn’t dull the mind. See my commentary on citric acid on Passover here on the site. As for the halakhic question itself, look for answers on my website. I tend to be lenient on this.

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קובי replied 5 years ago

What is meant by mental stupidity? In practice, we do not see mental problems between those who eat forbidden foods and those who do not. Is it something metaphysical or something that can be seen externally?

גבי replied 5 years ago

Do you imagine that anyone in Judaism would make a claim that stands up to scrutiny? Everyone runs to the protective lap of metaphysics and sighs with relief when they can cling to a claim that is not subject to refutation and therefore will never be refuted. Sometimes they will formulate it so that formally it does stand up to refutation, but it is clear to everyone that they will not be able to do such an experiment in the next thousand years.

מיכי Staff replied 5 years ago

Tamtum literally means sealing. The claim is that it seals the soul from understanding the words of Torah and in general.

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