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on: Shalom Herb I wanted to ask, why can we eat only the front of the cow and not the back?

: Your question is very beautiful. We need to know that the Torah does not prohibit us from eating the entire back of the cow, according to the Torah, the Jews are allowed to eat all the cow, except the blood, milk, and the ‘gid hanash’ (sciatic nerve). However, because at the back of the animal is the  sciatic nerve and also a lot of milk, which requires a lot of precise work in order to peck and remove all the milk and all the  sciatic nerve from there, therefore prefer to sell the entire back of the animal to the gentile, and settle for pecking only the front part. Indeed, where there is a certified woodpecker skilled in pecking the milk and the  sciatic nerve, he will be able to peck and remove the forbidden parts and it will also be possible to eat the back of the animal. Rabbi David Ohayon Sources and Scores


Question:

Shalom Herb

I wanted to ask, why can we eat only the front of the cow and not the back?

Answer:

Your question is very beautiful.

We need to know that the Torah does not prohibit us from eating the entire back of the cow, according to the Torah, the Jews are allowed to eat all the cow, except the blood, milk, and the ‘gid hanash’ (sciatic nerve).

However, because at the back of the animal is the  sciatic nerve and also a lot of milk, which requires a lot of precise work in order to peck and remove all the milk and all the  sciatic nerve from there, therefore prefer to sell the entire back of the animal to the gentile, and settle for pecking only the front part.

Indeed, where there is a certified woodpecker skilled in pecking the milk and the  sciatic nerve, he will be able to peck and remove the forbidden parts and it will also be possible to eat the back of the animal.

Rabbi David Ohayon

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