Encwadini yakhe, uRabbi David Wolpe wabhala: “Inkolo yobuJuda igcizelela ukubaluleka kwezenzo ezinhle ngoba akukho okungathatha indawo yazo. Ukuhlakulela ubulungiswa nokuziphatha okuhle, ukumelana nonya, ukomela ukulunga - lesi isiphetho sethu sobuntu.
Ngamazwi kaRabi uFred Dobb, “Ngibona ukudla kwemifino njenge-mitzvah – umsebenzi ongcwele kanye nesizathu esihle.”
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi ngokuvamile kunzima kakhulu, ngamunye wethu angathola amandla okuyeka imikhuba elimazayo futhi angene endleleni engcono yokuphila. Ukudla imifino kuhilela indlela yokuphila yonke yokulunga. I-Torah ne-Talmud zicebile ngezindaba zabantu abaklonyeliswa ngokubonisa umusa ezilwaneni futhi bajeziswe ngokuziphatha ngokunganaki noma ngonya. EMthethweni weTorah, uJakobe, uMose noDavide babengabelusi abelusa imfuyo. UMose udume ngokukhethekile ngokubonisa ububele ewundluneni nakubantu. URebheka wemukelwa njengomfazi ka-Isaka, ngoba wayelusa izilwane: wayephuzisa amakamela omile, ngaphezu kwabaswele amanzi. UNowa uyindoda elungile futhi enakekela izilwane eziningi eMkhunjini, ngesikhathi esifanayo, abazingeli ababili - uNimrode no-Esawu - bavezwa encwadini yeTorah njengababi. Ngokwenganekwane, uRabi Judah Prince, umdidiyeli nomhleli weMishnah, wajeziswa ngeminyaka yobuhlungu ngenxa yokungabi nandaba nokwesaba ithole elaliholelwa ekuhlatshweni (Talmud, Bava Meziah 85a).
Ngokusho kweTorah evela kuRabbi Mosh Kassuto, "Uvunyelwe ukusebenzisa isilwane emsebenzini, kodwa hhayi ukuhlatshwa, hhayi ukudla. Ukudla kwakho kwemvelo kuwukudla imifino.” Ngempela, konke ukudla okutuswayo kuyiTorah kuyimifino: amagilebhisi, ukolweni, ibhali, amakhiwane, amahalananda, izinsuku, izithelo, imbewu, amantongomane, iminqumo, isinkwa, ubisi noju. Futhi ngisho nemana, “njengembewu yekoriyanderi” ( Numeri 11:7 ), yayiyimifino. Lapho ama-Israyeli ogwadule lwaseSinayi edla inyama nezinhlanzi, abaningi ngaleso sikhathi bahlushwa futhi babulawa isifo.
UbuJuda bushumayela “i-bal tashkit” - isimiso sokunakekela imvelo, esiboniswe kuDuteronomi 20:19 – 20). Iyasenqabela ukuthi singamoshi ngokungenamsebenzi noma yini enenani, futhi ithi akufanele sisebenzise izinsiza eziningi kunalokho okudingekayo ukuze sifinyelele umgomo (okubalulekile ukongiwa kwemvelo nokusebenza kahle). Inyama kanye nemikhiqizo yobisi, ngokuphambene nalokho, kubangela ukusetshenziswa kabi kwemithombo yomhlaba, inhlabathi engaphezulu, amanzi, amafutha ezinto ezimbiwa phansi nezinye izinhlobo zamandla, abasebenzi, okusanhlamvu, kuyilapho kusetshenziswa amakhemikhali, ama-antibiotics nama-hormone. “Umuntu oqotho, ophakeme ngeke achithe ngisho nohlamvu lwesinaphi. Akakwazi ukubuka incithakalo nokuchitha ngenhliziyo ezolile. Uma kusemandleni akhe, uzokwenza konke ukukuvimba, ”kubhala uRabi Aaron Halevi ngekhulu le-13.
Impilo nokuphepha kokuphila kugcizelelwa ngokuphindaphindiwe ezimfundisweni zamaJuda. Nakuba ubuJuda bukhuluma ngokubaluleka kwe-sh'mirat haguf (ukugcina izinsiza zomzimba) kanye noku- pekuach nefesh (ukuvikela ukuphila kuzo zonke izindleko), izifundo eziningi zesayensi ziqinisekisa ubuhlobo bemikhiqizo yezilwane nesifo senhliziyo (isizathu sokufa esingu-No. e-US), izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zomdlavuza (isizathu No1) nezinye izifo eziningi.
Urabi wekhulu le-15 uJoseph Albo uyabhala “Kunonya ekubulaweni kwezilwane.” Emakhulwini eminyaka ngaphambili, uMaimonides, urabi nodokotela, wabhala, “Awukho umehluko phakathi kobuhlungu bomuntu nesilwane.” Izazi zeTalmud zaphawula: “AmaJuda angabantwana bokhokho abanozwela abanozwela, futhi umuntu oyisihawu kuye akanakuba ngempela inzalo kababa wethu u-Abrahama.” Nakuba ubuJuda buphikisana nobuhlungu bezilwane futhi bukhuthaza abantu ukuba babe nozwela, amapulazi amaningi e-kosher ezolimo agcina izilwane zisesimweni esibi, zicwiywe, zihlukunyezwe, zidlwengulwe. Urabi omkhulu wakwa-Efrat kwa-Israel, uShlomo Riskin, uthi “Imikhawulo yokudla ihloselwe ukusifundisa ububele futhi isiholele ekubeni singadli imifino.”
UbuJuda bugcizelela ukuncika komunye nomunye kwemicabango nezenzo, bugcizelela indima ebalulekile ye-kavanah (inhloso engokomoya) njengento edingekayo ukuze kwenziwe okuthile. Ngokwesiko lamaJuda, ukudliwa kwenyama kwakuvunyelwa ngemingcele ethile ngemva kukaZamcolo njengemvume yesikhashana kulabo ababebuthaka ababenxanela inyama.
Ebhekisela emthethweni wamaJuda, uRabi Adam Frank uthi: . Uyanezela: “Isinqumo sami sokungayidli imikhiqizo yezilwane siwukubonakaliswa kokuzibophezela kwami emthethweni wamaJuda futhi siwukungabuvumeli unya ngokwedlulele.”