UNkulunkulu wathi: Bhekani, ngininikile yonke imifino ethela imbewu, esemhlabeni wonke, nemithi yonke ethela izithelo zemithi ethela imbewu; – wena [lokhu] kuyoba ukudla. ( Genesise 1:29 ) Akukho ukuphikisana ukuthi, ngokweTorah, uNkulunkulu wacela abantu ukuba badle imifino enkulumweni yakhe yokuqala no-Adamu no-Eva.
Eqinisweni, uNkulunkulu wanikeza iziqondiso ngemva nje kokuba enikeze abantu “ubukhosi” phezu kwezilwane. Kuyacaca ukuthi “ukubusa” akusho ukubulala ukuze kudliwe.
Isazi sefilosofi esingumJuda sangekhulu le-13 uNachmanides sachaza ukuthi kungani uNkulunkulu engayifaki inyama ekudleni okufanelekile: “Izidalwa eziphilayo,” kubhala uNachmanides, “zinomphefumulo nokuphakama okuthile okungokomoya, okuzenza zifane nalabo abahlakaniphile (umuntu) futhi banomphefumulo. amandla okuthonya inhlalakahle yawo siqu nokudla, futhi bayasindiswa ezinhlungwini nasekufeni.”
Esinye isazi esikhulu sangenkathi ephakathi, uRabi Yosef Albo, sanikeza esinye isizathu. URabi Albo wabhala: “Ukubulawa kwezilwane kusho unya, ukucasuka nokujwayela ukuchithwa kwegazi labantu abangenacala.”
Ngokushesha ngemva kweziqondiso mayelana nokudla, uNkulunkulu wabheka imiphumela yomsebenzi wakhe futhi wabona ukuthi “mihle kakhulu” (Genesise 1:31). Yonke into emkhathini yayinjengoba uNkulunkulu ayeyifuna, akukho okungaphezu kwamandla, akukho okunganele, nokuvumelana okuphelele. I-Vegetarianism yayiyingxenye yalokhu kuvumelana.
Namuhla, abanye borabi abadume kakhulu abadla imifino, ngokuvumelana nezimiso zeTorah. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukudla imifino kuyindlela elula yokudla ukudla kwe-kosher.