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__karolyna__ t1_j5qm1bi wrote

Why don’t Semitic people eat pork?

I know Jews don’t eat pork because of religion, but I’m guessing that the basis of the religion could be from culture (because Muslims also follow the no-pork). Did they get sick commonly at the time? I read that getting parasites like Trichinellosis was a thing back then but so could have happened with chickens and salmonella, they could have also prohibited chicken.

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