The Mitzvah of ‘Feeding Animals First’

Thursday, 7 August 2025By Rachael Ashmore

According to halakha (Jewish law), it is cruel for us to eat while animals dependent on us for food, thus we must always feed animals before we eat ourselves. In the Midrash, there is a story of Noah, who while on the ark did not feed the Lion in good time, leaving him hungry. As […]

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The Mitzvah of ‘Feeding Animals First’

Published on Thursday, 7 August 2025 by Rachael Ashmore

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