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A funny thing happened to me the other day. I always wondered about the concept of "eat all your food". Such a concept was never promoted in my house growing up. However, I heard about it so many times by others and by the media.
Well, a few days ago, as I was throwing out all my cookies and other leavened substance in preparation for Passover, it just occurred to me: perhaps there's a spirit there that hoped I'd make a blessing over it and eat it (to elevate it).
Let me explain. Judaism has a belief somewhat like that of Native American in that we believe that everything has life. A rock. A plant. Everything. When we make a blessing and eat a food, it's elevated. If we don't make a blessing and just eat the food, that lifesource just lost its chance for being elevated into a somewhat higher realm than its in now.
Anyway, so there I was staring down at my garbage can at all the food I just threw out. Only then did I finally have that "eat all your food!" moment.
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My mum used to tell me that, and you should not waste it and she hated to see people throw away food, especially when friends came around and she prepared the meal, instead of taking a small amount, they would take a large amount, couldn't eat it, then she would have to throw it away.
This actually happened to me yesterday. Only, it was the hostess who piled on my plate so much meat, there was just no way I could manage.
I wasn't sure what to do. I felt really crummy but I just wasn't about to stuff myself w/all that meat.
As I get older it hurts me to waste food. My mother says "waste not wan't not".
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