Food laws - easy or hard?

• EASY

  Easy access to kosher food via internet.

  Kosher regulations in torah so should be obeyed.

  Food laws been observed for long time, so easy to follow.

  May be easier to obtain kosher food in multi-religious society.

  Supermarkets make easy to identify kosher food - kosher labels.

  If person grows up with kosher laws, easier to follow - in routine.

  Can’t change God’s rules because they are difficult.
• HARD

  • Eating in non-kosher restaurant or different home makes it hard.
  • Cost of keeping kosher in many countries and getting access to kosher food is problematic.
  • Separation of milk and meat (Exodus 23:19 “Do not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk.”) may prove difficult.
  • Problem at school or work obtaining kosher food.
  • Obtaining kosher food may be difficult in certain areas, where very small Jewish community.
  • Fewer restaurants available for kosher food.