# Libertarian, a word please

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 2, 2002, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-a-word-please/121955 "2002-08-02T01:36:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-a-word-please/121955/81 "2002-08-04T01:54:38Z")

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> _originally posted by quixotic78_  
> Tell me (not meant sarcastically; rather, if you know, educate me), why there are no leavening agents used during Passover, whereas these are deemed “safe” the rest of the year? What is it about combining meat and dairy, two ingredients totally safe on their own, that makes them so volatile so as to render it impossible for a Jew keeping kashrut unable to eat a cheeseburger?

Re: unleavened bread: When the Jews were finally permitted to leave Egypt, after God had killed the first born of all the Egyptians (passing over the homes of the Jews, whose doors were marked with lamb’s blood), they wanted to go and go quickly, before Pharaoh changed his mind. So, the bread didn’t have time to leaven before they left on their journey. So, we eat unleavend bread during Passover in rememberence of this.

Re: dairy and meat: I may be wrong about this (as I have a strong Jewish heritage, but am not a practicing Jew), but the reason Jews cannot eat meat and dairy in the same meal is because milk comes from the mother, and eating the meat of the child with the milk of the mother is disrespectful.

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**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/libertarian-a-word-please/121955/82 "2002-08-04T03:13:24Z")

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**Beeblebrox** , you dreamin’ if you think you upset me or made me mad, son. I don’t need to grow a spine. YOU need to get over yourself 😃

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> \*Originally posted by Eonwe \*  
> **Re: unleavened bread: When the Jews were finally permitted to leave Egypt, after God had killed the first born of all the Egyptians (passing over the homes of the Jews, whose doors were marked with lamb’s blood), they wanted to go and go quickly, before Pharaoh changed his mind. So, the bread didn’t have time to leaven before they left on their journey. So, we eat unleavend bread during Passover in rememberence of this.**

That’s right, I remember that now. **Beebers** “threw in the towel,” but had he not, I’d point out that the lack of leavening is totally religious is nature, and has nothing to do with “keeping people safe” (a la avoiding trichynosis). Of course, as **SuaSponte** added, such justifications are after-the-fact additions anyways.  
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> Re: dairy and meat: I may be wrong about this (as I have a strong Jewish heritage, but am not a practicing Jew), but the reason Jews cannot eat meat and dairy in the same meal is because milk comes from the mother, and eating the meat of the child with the milk of the mother is disrespectful. \*\*

Yeah, but again, that’s a religious belief, not a “God keeping his people safe” belief. Okay, I’ll stop belaboring the point. **Beeblebrox** is down for the count ::cackle::

Quix

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