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    What do we learn from the verse: 'Do not cook a kid in its mother's milk'?

    The prohibition of mixing meat and dairy

    Source: Shemot 23:19

    In detail

    The verse 'Do not cook a kid in its mother's milk' appears three times in the Torah (Exodus 23:19, 34:26; Deuteronomy 14:21). From these three repetitions, the sages derive three separate prohibitions: (1) cooking meat and dairy together, (2) eating meat and dairy together, (3) deriving any benefit from a meat-dairy mixture. This separation is a cornerstone of the kosher kitchen.

    Full study guide: Kashrut

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