Ever since I began my foray into the world of blogs I have been a regular reader of Treasure State Jew. I find religion facinating and have for many years been interested in many different kinds. Reading Aarons blog, some views on the Christmas season and its religious connotations were addressed, which got me thinking. So I have been doing a bit of reading on his particular religion. I would like to make it clear, I intend no insult, criticism, or indorsement of any religion, belief, faith etc. This is me trying to understand how different people live their lives.
I was especially curious about food and the role it plays in this faith, since food is something that everyone needs and is addressed in virtually every religion. I was not aware of the meat and dairy segragation. This must make it difficult to go to restaurants and non Jewish dinners. However I have great respect for anyone who incorporates religion into every facet of their life, having seen far to many people who simply proclaim their faith, go to church a few times and consider themselves devout. I read on a post at TSJ that there were in fact 613 Commandments. Had to read them, since I did not know this before. I found them to be quite in-depth, addressing everthing from harvesting crops to divorce. I intend to continue reading some of the information I found. I now have, and will continue to gain a better insight into how members of this religion live in our current society and merge their history and religion into daily life.