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B"H

Hello.  I suppose that my "last post" was not so final.  In any case, this is a quick address to parents advocating that they follow Biblical precepts as to what is the best diet for their children.  This is what I mean by "Kosher."

Now, I need to be very clear on something.  Kosher laws are not considered to be obligatory on all people dwelling on this planet.  Kosher laws are, in their totality, considered to be obligatory on Israelites alone.  However, there is one Law that is considered a Noachide Commandment, binding on all human beings, the Commandment against having blood in meat:

"Bereshit - Genesis
Chapter 9

1 And G-d blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them: 'Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth.

2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, and upon all wherewith the ground teemeth, and upon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered.

3 Every moving thing that liveth shall be for food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.

4 Only flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat."

This is not merely obligatory on the Hebrews, but on all human beings.  I believe that proper rinsing and salting of meat would do wonders for the health and welfare of humanity.  Blood contains too many diseases to count.  It is too radical of a health hazard.  Meat should be soaked, rinsed, and yes, salted.  Oddly, it is believed by Rabbinical scholars that, before the aforementioned Commandment was given, all of humanity was vegetarian.  

Now, do I advocate all of Kosher Laws for non-Israelite parents?  I believe that parents might consider this option.  Some animals are clearly "clean," while others are not.  "Clean" animals themselves must be slaughtered a certain way.  Again, these additional Laws found in Leviticus are not mandatory for Gentiles, unlike the Commandment against blood with meat which *is* considered binding on all of humanity.  However, they might be helpful if one wants a level of elevation that is missing in modern diets.

The development of a child's mental and physical state can only be helped by a proper observation of diet.  And, unlike other "diets" that are fads (or worse), this type of diet is not extremist in its health effects.  It does not rely on extreme deprivations or attempts to "cure disease" through nullification of the human palate.  It does not rely on cruelty to either animals or children.  Rather, the kosher palate is a diet that sustains.  Parents, I put it forward for your consideration.

All the best.

B"H

I just wanted to point out that this will be the beginning of the "holy Purpose" series, based on this thread:

http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthre...?tid=11885

This is particularly targeted to both parents and children.  I also hope that future parents will be encouraged to avoid anything that smacks of "selective abortion" if genetic testing for Autism becomes available.  If the attempt ever comes to eradicate Autistic children via selective abortion, Divine Judgment will assuredly come in the form of destruction.  Be assured that you should value all life, all children, for the Gifts that they are.

However, let us look at it positively.  Let us look at what parents and children can do that is *positive*.  That will be the beginning of a series.  Expect a post on this about once every two weeks, G-d willing.  I hope that you will join me.

All the best.

The strictures were products of thier time.  Take the thing about Jewish women not marrying outside.  Most Jew's are O type blood, and O's marrying off with A's and B's could kill the child or the mother before a modern day shot was invented that prevented this.

Infections through blood?  Sure.  Plagues, developed immunity etc.  Now then - is there a stricture against eating offal and brains etc, because if there's not then there should be.

I'm not a Jew btw, but my Grandfather was, and in this case, we all know who our fathers were.  lol

Theoretically a possibillity. But the midwifes I met have never seen it happen. Even if labtest point to serious problems in reality there's hardly ever a problem for an 0 type mom and an A type baby.

O rhesus Neg?  O rhesus Neg mothers always get shots!

Not here! (I'm 0 Neg)

My blood was tested in the beginning of pregnancy to find out about anti-bodies.
After 36 or 32 weeks I was tested again. Just in case an unlikely event or accident would have caused me to make anti-bodies.
If I would have had an accident they would have monitored my blood closely after that. Standard procedure here. You do get a clearly marked pragnancystatuscard when you've got rhesus neg blood.

At birth some blood is taken from the umbellical cord and send to the lab for quick testing.  If the child has rhesus Neg blood the mom won't get a shot in the Netherlands. If the child is rhesus Pos they will of course. They do not like overmedicating pregnancies and deliveries here.

My daughters both are rhesus Neg. So I've never had a shot.
But, after the labtests there was an allert for anti-bodies against the A type blood of my daughter. The GP got the results and he was extremely anxious. (He usually does not get these results they will be send to the midwife in my village). The midwifes told me that this result came up once in a while. But they had never actually seen a reaction against A blood during the long time their practice is functioning.

Previous post does obviously no good to the immunoglubuline-D theory as cause for autism...

O rh Neg mothers and thier babies are not usually at risk until thier second child.  It depends on whether there's been any complications in the first pregnancy.  Women were more at risk of complications a few thousand years ago - hence the stricture against marrying outside in judaism.

Agreed (there are tragic stories a generation before mine with rhesus babies). The screening here is strict. But no sots when not necessary. The shot can be given till some time after delivery. Building up antibodies in the mom will still be prevented that way. Delivery is the most likely time of blood blood contact.

For jewisch women there's another explanation too. Being a jew is heredited via the female line. (Only then you are really sure). But it is the males that dominated culture. So there's a male dominated culture claiming the females, thus ensuring the males that their children would be jewish too.

Btw.

All rhesus Neg women should take care. It's not just 0 Neg. Also all the other Neg variants.

Lol.  The Jewish bloke who told me was illustrating the purely practical parts of the texts as pertains to women and men.  0[;D

Wrong, utterly wrong.  First, you are confusing blood type with Rh factor.  Second, from the data I have seen, Jews are no more likely to be type O than are most other Europeans, and are actually LESS likely to be type O than some European populations.

Well then - I admit its just hearsay on my behalf.  Jews and basques are more likely to be rh neg from what I have read but that wasn't exactly scientific.  Huh.  Hearsay!  

Yeah, you're definitely thinking of the phenomenon where a woman might abort a second Rh+ baby when she is Rh-, because during the first birth she produces antibodies against the Rhesus factor (antibodies can get through the placenta; blood obviously can't or babies couldn't have different blood types.)

The marrying outside rule was just common sense to keep your religion going.  Fathers ruled the household, so the kids would be brought up with whatever religion he believed in.  If your women married outside you'd end up with non-Judaic kids, most likely.

The food stuff was mostly for a good reason; much of the prohibited stuff was really hard to prepare properly.