kosher & halal

[Marc Sacks]

David Bergdahl wrote:

>
>Some elements of Jewish and Islamic dietary laws are common, while some are
>not. Here are a couple of major differences:
>
I discovered another one when I passed by a halal restaurant that serves
cheeseburgers. Under the laws of kashrut, combining milk with meat
products is forbidden. Evidently this particular restriction does not
exist in Islam. Ditto for Seventh-Day Adventists, who abstain from pork
and shellfish but have no problem with cheeseburgers.

Marc Sacks
msacks at world.std.com