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Article: Aharei Mot: Taking care of the soul
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- April 17, 2008
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RENA ROSSNER
Jerusalem Post
04-17-2008
Headline: Aharei Mot: Taking care of the soul
Byline: RENA ROSSNER
Edition; Weekend
Section: Features
Page: 14
Thursday, April 17, 2008 -- "For it is the blood that atones for the soul." (Leviticus 17:11)
We are told in this week's Torah portion that humans are forbidden to consume blood. The reason for this, according to the text, is that the soul is somehow connected to the blood. It says in verse 14, "You shall not eat the blood of any flesh, for the soul of any flesh is its blood."
Yet modern medicine would balk at such a statement. Our soul is contained in our blood? The Ramban (Nahmanides, or Rabbi Moshe ben Nahman, 1194-1270) explains in a more ...
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