The History You Didn’t Learn In Yeshiva: The Taboo Against Eating Pig Predates The Torah And Predates Jews Many Middle Eastern societies had strong taboos against eating pork, taboos that predate the giving of the Torah. Here’s why. From Mark Essig’s Lesser Beasts: A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig via Longreads.com: …Animals destined for [the […]