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To: Rifleman
I think the prohibition just applies to eating pigs. Hey is there a Rabbi out there?

Not exactly. There is a prohibition against eating pigs, and one against handling the carcass of pigs. Handling a live pig is not actually forbidden, if I remember correctly.

And before anyone asks, no, I am not a Rabbi.

17 posted on 08/16/2002 5:32:48 AM PDT by Mr170IQ
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To: Mr170IQ
"There is a prohibition against eating pigs, and one against handling the carcass of pigs. Handling a live pig is not actually forbidden, if I remember correctly.

"And before anyone asks, no, I am not a Rabbi."

I'm not a Rabbi either, but I'd think that a pig would be no more unclean than a dog, and vice-versa. As far as I'm aware, an animal is either clean or unclean. So if it's OK to use dogs as worker-animals (or for that matter horses), it should probably be OK to use pigs in the same role.

I do know that the Muslim thing about dogs being taboo is genuine. Devout Muslims will not allow a dog inside their house under any circumstances, even if it's one of their own working dogs.

26 posted on 08/16/2002 1:36:19 PM PDT by Don Joe
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