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Leviticus 7: Fat-Free (and Blood-Free) Diet

“דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר כָּל־חֵלֶב שׁוֹר וְכֶשֶׂב וְעֵז לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ” (ויקרא ז׳:כ״ג). In the middle of discussing the sacrifices, the Torah takes a slight detour to discuss the forbidden parts of animals—the fat and the blood. The fat and the blood are the parts of the korban that are sacrificed on the altar. The fats are burned at the end of the day and the blood is sprinkled or poured on the altar. Because these two parts of the sacrifices are exclusively for ה׳, they are forbidden for human consumption. The Tur, Yoreh Deah 64 explains that this verse, “דַּבֵּר אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר כָּל־חֵלֶב שׁוֹר וְכֶשֶׂב וְעֵז לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ” (ויקרא ז׳:כ״ג), comes to teach that the fat is only prohibited on these kosher animals. Fat of a non-kosher animal is simply prohibited as eating a non-kosher animal. Another reason that blood is prohibited is presented later in Deuteronomy: “רַק חֲזַק לְבִלְתִּי אֲכֹל הַדָּם כִּי הַדָּם הוּא הַנָּפֶשׁ וְלֹא־תֹאכַל הַנֶּפֶשׁ עִם־הַבָּשָׂר” (דברים י״ב:כ״ה). Meam Loez also points to a verse later in Leviticus: “לֹא תֹאכְלוּ עַל־הַדָּם לֹא תְנַחֲשׁוּ וְלֹא תְעוֹנֵנוּ” (ויקרא י״ט:כ״ו). The prohibition against divination shares the verse with the prohibition against consuming blood to link the two. Blood was an important part of pagan rituals. The prohibition against blood is another key demarcation between the holy sacrificial service and the idol worship of the gentiles. In modern times, divination from blood has extended to Elizabeth Holmes and her Therenous project which claimed to be able to divine all diseases from the blood alone. With these two prohibitions, ה׳ is further protecting the special sacred space of the korbanot by restricting the rituals from becoming a pagan free-for-all.