Violence and the Sacred(Rabbi Sacks on Tzav, Covenant & Conversation)
The Office of Rabbi Sacks
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Why God Permitted Meat Eating After the Flood?
According to albo, the logi of the passage is clear. Noah offered an animal sacrifice in thanksgiving for having survived the flood. Cain killed abel as a human sacrifice. God saw that human beings need this way of expressing themselves. They are genetically predisposed to violence. As the bible says, every inclination of his heart is evil from childhood. If therefore, society is to survive, human beings need to be able to direct their ilence toward non human animals.
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