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People Kept Kosher Even Before The Torah Was Given!!!

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muman613:

--- Quote from: Tierney on November 05, 2009, 12:44:14 AM ---Shalom,
Did people keep kosher before the Torah was given? Wether or not people did...perhaps things like this might have something to do with the fact that seven items were created before the world was.
The Torah, Tshuva, the Garden of Eden, Gehenna, the Throne of Glory, the Temple, and the name of Moshiach.
Before the world was created, before Noah before Moshe before the Torah was given.... It was already created, along within it the laws of kashrut.

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That is very interesting...

And it reminds me of the ten things which were created before the eve of Shabbat.


--- Quote ---Pirkie Avot / Ethics of the Fathers Chapter 5

6. Ten things were created at twilight of Shabbat eve. These are: the mouth of the earth [that swallowed Korach]; the mouth of [Miriam's] well; the mouth of [Balaam's] donkey; the rainbow; the manna; [Moses'] staff; the shamir; the writing, the inscription and the tablets [of the Ten Commandments]. Some say also the burial place of Moses and the ram of our father Abraham. And some say also the spirits of destruction as well as the original tongs, for tongs are made with tongs.
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Also there is the belief that Torah is the blueprint of creation... As a result some of the proto-Jews, including Noach and Abraham, and the other patriarchs kept Torah even though it had not been given yet.

freedomannie:
Wow this whole subject and all your comments have been so informative! Thanks so much!  ;D

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