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dietary laws and food customs

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    In dietary law: Elaboration of the Jewish laws

    …eastern European Jewish community (or shtetl), behaviour in regard to food not only included the biblical prescriptions and proscriptions but in many ways resembled the behaviour of people in the corporate communities of tribal societies. The major life crises were celebrated by feasts or other uses of food. Wine and…

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