mmmm....Chocolate
This morning, I ate some Swiss chocolate that a colleague brought from Europe.
Reasons I felt guilty about eating it:
1. No kosher symbol
2. Calories
3.The nuclear fallout from Chernobyl has contaminated all soil, therefore all vegetation, therefore all cattle, therefore all dairy products, therefore all milk chocolate manufactured in Europe.
How I got over my guilt:
1. I've been to Europe, and even the most religious Jews there would eat it (it's only chocolate, after all)
2. I will go to the gym
3. I am exposed to more radiation sitting at my computer all day
4. It tasted damn good!
posted by LizeCR @ 3:13 PM
1 Comments:
I agree with you, but the point was not about eating non-kosher, yet about putting unnecessary restrictions on myself that make me feel guilty and as a result, bitter. I still believe there is a merit to kashrut, in that it reminds us to maintain a certain amount of discipline in our everyday lives. The laws should just not be taken to extremes. I am surprised you didn't comment on the Chernobyl point, based on a truth about my childhood. For a few years following the Chernobyl disaster,our parents did not allow us to eat chocolate imported from Europe.
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