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Giraffe is kosher, rabbis rule in Israel
The Telegraph ^ | 6/6/2008 | Tim Butcher

Posted on 06/07/2008 7:36:51 PM PDT by bruinbirdman

A chance encounter in Israel between vets and a giraffe has led to a rabbinical ruling that the African animal is kosher.

According to a report in the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, vets were asked to treat an adult, female giraffe at Israel's largest zoo, the Safari Park in Ramat Gan.


Giraffe meat and milk has been ruled acceptable for observant Jews

The team, led by Professor Zohar Amar, took a routine sample of milk and found that it clotted in the way required by Jewish law for kosher certification.

They submitted more milk for verification by the rabbinical authorities and the paper reported that a ruling was made that giraffe meat and milk are acceptable for observant Jews.

The giraffe belongs to the family of grazing animals that have cloven hooves and chew the cud, thereby making them consistent with kosher rules, but the milk test was the final confirmation.

"Indeed, the giraffe is kosher for eating," Rabbi Shlomo Mahfoud, who accompanied the researchers in their work, said.

"The giraffe has all the signs of a ritually pure animal, and the milk that forms curds strengthened that."

But Dr Yigal Horowitz, the zoo's chief vet, said this did not mean there would suddenly be a surge in demand of giraffe food products in Israel.

"This does not mean that tomorrow we are going to drink giraffe milk or eat soup made from giraffe necks," he said.

"After all, this is an animal in danger of extinction."


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KEYWORDS: food; giraffe; kosher; zoo
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To: bruinbirdman

21 posted on 06/07/2008 8:13:56 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
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To: bruinbirdman
...more milk for verification by the rabbinical authorities and the paper reported that a ruling was made that giraffe meat and milk are acceptable for observant Jews.
What the Hell?...How to "Milk"...a giraffe?... *snicker*..are there shortage(e) of milk / meat in Israel?
22 posted on 06/07/2008 8:18:14 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (just b/c you're paranoid,doesn't mean "they" aren't out to get you..our hopes were dashed by CINOs :)
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To: TheWasteLand
Remeber - The Torah lists:

while pigs, rabbits, squirrels, bears, dogs, cats, camels and horses are not.

 21 non-kosher bird species -- basically all predatory and scavenger birds

while catfish, sturgeon, swordfish, lobster, shellfish, crabs and all water mammals are not.

all reptiles, amphibians, worms and insects -- -- are not kosher.

 

Conversion easier now? 

23 posted on 06/07/2008 8:18:26 PM PDT by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: bruinbirdman
Cool, now all of those African JOOZ don't have to starve.

I remember when we use to sit around for hours debating whether camels were Kosher.

Yup, I use to have some very boring Saturday nights until I met my wife.

24 posted on 06/07/2008 8:18:52 PM PDT by R_Kangel (`.`)
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To: bruinbirdman

Getting kicked by a cow is one thing - getting kicked by a giraffe is quite another thing.

A giraffe hoof is capable of killing a lion, let alone a milk maid.


25 posted on 06/07/2008 8:20:41 PM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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To: bruinbirdman; Revolting cat!; sheik yerbouty; Jeremiah Jr
Locusts, Giraffes, and the Meaning of Kashrut
26 posted on 06/07/2008 8:22:36 PM PDT by Ezekiel
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To: bruinbirdman
Image hosted by Photobucket.com now how bout the platypus...
27 posted on 06/07/2008 8:22:51 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist ©® - CTHULHU/SHOGGOTH '08 = Nothing LESS!!!)
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To: K-oneTexas

Too much text. You lost me at “Remember”. Looks like my conversion has ended in a blaze of laziness, which really is a nice change from the blaze of stupidity that ends most of my endeavors.


28 posted on 06/07/2008 8:23:39 PM PDT by TheWasteLand
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To: Roscoe Karns

Now, that's funny; I don't care who you are!

29 posted on 06/07/2008 8:26:41 PM PDT by southernnorthcarolina (May contain traces of tree nuts.)
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To: EveningStar

Is it still Kosher if it jumps onto the grill?


30 posted on 06/07/2008 8:28:58 PM PDT by JRios1968 ("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
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To: Roscoe Karns

LOL! You’re killing me over here!


31 posted on 06/07/2008 8:29:52 PM PDT by TheWasteLand
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To: Roscoe Karns

You’re nuts! ROFLMAO!!!


32 posted on 06/07/2008 8:35:51 PM PDT by EveningStar (The safety of my country is more important than my ego, so I'm voting for John McCain.)
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To: TheWasteLand

It isn’t that easy to convert. Judaism is a culture as well as a religion, not just another religion.


33 posted on 06/07/2008 8:47:50 PM PDT by TypeZoNegative (I'm An American Engaged To Another American, we're not a mixed couple.)
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To: bruinbirdman

Of all the religious practices, rituals and promulgations I find bizarre, this one is probably the winner.


34 posted on 06/07/2008 8:51:57 PM PDT by elkfersupper
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To: K-oneTexas
If I get my Junior Genetic Engineer kit out and create a cud chewing pig, will it be kosher?
35 posted on 06/07/2008 9:00:09 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (the Clinton dream of being a two impeachment family goes right down the drain. - Letterman)
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To: bruinbirdman
Mmmmm... Gefilte Giraffe! Yum!

Though with that neck, I'd hate to be the "shochate" (the one who ritually slaughters the animal).

Mark

36 posted on 06/07/2008 9:51:14 PM PDT by MarkL (Al Gore: The Greenhouse Gasbag! (heard on Bob Brinker's Money Talk))
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To: bruinbirdman; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; martin_fierro; ...
A giraffe steak would go great with a longneck.


37 posted on 06/07/2008 10:06:27 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows ("Code Pink should guard against creating stereotypes in the Mincing Community." --Titan Magroyne)
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To: Roscoe Karns; Slings and Arrows
l o l


38 posted on 06/07/2008 10:50:10 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Graybeard58

Apparently giraffe tastes horrible. I don’t know this for a fact, but it is said they taste very bad and that is why lions don’t attack them very often and haven’t eaten them out of existence (they are be very easy prey for lions). As I understand it, they taste bad so they are only a food source of last resort for lions.

I could be wrong, though. I never ate one and don’t plan on it.


39 posted on 06/07/2008 11:09:53 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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To: bruinbirdman

Good news! I for one would rather eat giraffe steak than a nasty ‘ol sea bug, any day. On land...insect, in the ocean...seafood? Noooo thanks


40 posted on 06/07/2008 11:33:39 PM PDT by blasater1960 ( Dt 30, Ps 111, The Torah is perfect, attainable, now and forever)
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