Do not Cause (Unnecessary) Pain to a Living Creature
Divine Code for October 19, 2022
Today: Pages 240-242
From 1:4 -- 1:6
After Noah left the ark, humans were granted permission to kill any animals for food, or for the use of their body parts for beneficial purposes. However, neither Adam, Noah, or their descendants were ever granted permission to injure, kill, or cause suffering to an animal for no useful purpose, and one who does so violates the prohibition of causing unnecessary pain to a living creature.
For this reason, it is forbidden to skin an animal or cut out one of its organs during its lifetime, even if one does not intend to eat from the part removed. Instead, if one requires the hide or the organ, one should first kill it and then take the parts of its body that one needs.
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