A kavennah for eating meat...

To celebrate the birthday of the world we should eat in a way that honors the earth and honors the life that was taken in order for us to eat.

If eating meat over the holidays:

1) Eat consciously. Bless it and reflect on everything involved in bringing it to your plate.

2) Eat sparingly. The rabbis encouraged people to eat meat on the holidays because they lived in a society in which eating meat was rare luxury. It isn’t special if you eat it at every meal.

3) Don’t swallow your ethics. Do your best to consume ethically. Consider buying sustainable, non-industrial, pastured, organic meats (like those available through www.kolfoods.com). If buying industrial meats, go for the organics and the companies that employ union labor.