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Can we buy kosher meats from animals slaughtered humanely?

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Can we buy kosher meats from animals slaughtered humanely?

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As far as I know, kosher slaughter is an Orthodox monopoly. I would love to see non-Orthodox Jews cooperate in the training and supervision of ritual slaughterers whose primary concern would be tzaar baalei chayim. You also avoid foods reminiscent of persecutions and derived from unfair labor practices. Yes. Jews were tortured and put to death in Inquisitorial Spain when it was determined they would not eat pork. Inquisitorial records tell of crypto-Jews who would keep pots of pig meat boiling outside their homes to mislead the agents of the Inquisition. Many of these same Jews would not, even under the threat of death, eat it. In honoring their sacrifices, I will not consume pork. I also feel the pain of today’s exploited migrant farm workers, and thus support the boycott of farm products grown and marketed by unscrupulous agri-processors. These considerations should be a part of any modern system of kashrut. How do you refrain from gluttony? Eating is, at its essence, a bestial act.

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