re: #128 allegro

Something I’ve been thinking about from the last thread when you talked about kosher meat and your dogs. Pardon my ignorance, please - but the dog food you buy is not made from kosher meat but that’s OK to have and store, I assume. Is the issue having non-kosher meat or handling it?

Dogs are not required to keep kosher. That is not the issue.

The issue is that I want to keep my kitchen kosher and buying non-kosher meat for them is a problem.

There are some who hold that you can not buy pet food that has a mixture of milk and meat. I personally think that is very strict, since I am not going to eat it, and I did not cook it.

This is what is called a chumra. A chumra is a strict ruling that is put in place to prevent you from breaking that law.

If I buy a cheeseburger, but don’t eat it, I have not broken the law. However, there are all sorts of restrictions that say don’t buy it in the first place lest you get tempted, or confuse people as to why a guy in a keepah were buying a cheeseburger.

Some extend that to dogs too. I personally don’t get that.