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15 April 2010

Another South Park gripe...

If you watch South Park, you'll know that Kyle Broflovski is the lone Jew among the boys. And in the Jewish religion, there is a set of dietary laws called Kashrut. One of those laws states that mammals cannot be eaten unless they have cloven hooves and can chew cud. Giraffe meat has recently been considered to fall within these guidelines, but there is a Bible verse specifically saying that pork cannot be eaten.

In this not-very-good photo from the episode "Starvin' Marvin", you can make out Kyle cutting a bit off a ham, which is a continuity error. Ham, just like any other pork product, is not kosher because Leviticus 11:3 states that "whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat" and Leviticus 11:7 states that "the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is unclean to you." And to the right is his mother, Sheila, who isn't doing jack about it.

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