naturalism
Hello Rabbi
The rabbi believes in veganism, as is well known, but there is a point in the rabbi’s approach to this that is not clear to me. Do you believe that only in the current situation with regard to animals (abuse, etc.) should one refrain from eating them? Or even if the situation were different and animals were raised in the most appropriate conditions for them, do you think it is appropriate to be vegan? So how does this align with the accepted view in the Torah and the Sages that there is no problem with eating meat and, conversely, there are times when it is a mitzvah (perhaps even an obligation)?
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Hello, is there no halakhic obligation to refrain from eating meat, when I am actually funding animal cruelty? Isn't this a mitzvah that comes with a sin?
That is, as soon as an animal is abused and I fund it with my purchase, is the animal no longer considered kosher and then is it a halakhic prohibition beyond moral?
I don't think so. The matter is so common that it's ridiculous to talk about your contribution to the matter. Like someone who is about to cross a crosswalk on Shabbat who is told not to put his foot down when a car is approaching so that it doesn't activate its brake lights. This is a joke of course, because the driver commits thousands of violations per minute.
Regarding kashrut, this certainly doesn't apply. This prohibition does not affect kashrut. Whoever ate did not eat forbidden foods but rather committed a prohibition. Just as the prohibition of theft does not affect kashrut. But this is not a fundamental question.
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