Commandment 7
7. Do not eat the flesh of an animal when it is still alive.
Details:
G-d created living creatures in the world, and we must respect their existence.
As opposed to the flora, which is renewed continuously, harm to animals is irreversible.
Although the Torah is not negating the eating of meat, it sets strict limits to the
ability of a person to use animals for his needs. This commandment, which obliges
us not to be indifferent even to the suffering of an animal, enhances also our
obligation to be aware of another person’s sorrow, not to hurt him and to help him
come out of his stress. The practical meaning of this commandment is prohibition
to eat a limb or tear out a limb taken from an animal while it is still alive.
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