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So...Spoink...

Leviticus 11:3 said:
Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
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This requires both cloven hooves and chewing the cud. Pigs are out because:
though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you
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Now Spoink, who neither chews the cud nor has cloven hooves, is even more of a violation.
 
Which means that no Pokemon are Kosher, because none of them chew cud.
 
Zeta said:
Which means that no Pokemon are Kosher, because none of them chew cud.
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So would that mean Jewish Pokemon trainers are basically screwed?
 
nekusagi-chan said:
So would that mean Jewish Pokemon trainers are basically screwed?
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Only if they want to eat their pokemon. They may also have some difficulty if the pokemon die, as the carcasses are unclean to touch.
 
I thought that they couldn't even touch the animals (At least that's what I learned in freshman religion class...)
 
I could be mistaken. I haven't had any training in this sort of thing; I'm just going by the text I have on hand.
Leviticus 11:8 said:
Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
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Well, the aforementioned religion class was about the Old Testament. I don't know if that was just the Jews back then, or really conservative ones now, so I probably know as much as you do.
 
Under the Mosaic Law governing dead bodies, there were different degrees of uncleanness: Touching a dead beast made one unclean for only the day; touching a dead man resulted in uncleanness for a week. In the first instance a person was required only to wash his garments, or in case he ate an animal that had died of itself or had been torn by a wild beast, then he had to bathe in addition to washing his garments. (Leviticus 5:2; 11:8, 24, 27, 31, 39, 40; 17:15) Bodies of unclean animals would make items such as vessels, jar stands, ovens, garments, skins, and sackcloth unclean by contact (Le 11:32-35).
 
Anyone ever read the pokedey entry in ruby?


Ruby entry: "Spoink bounces around on its tail. The shock of its bouncing makes its heart pump. As a result, this Pokémon cannot afford to stop bouncing - if it stops, its heart will stop. "
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This is cruel! I don't like Spoink but after I read this I feel so sorry for it.
 
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