ABSTRACT
Prominent among the means designed to hallow the daily life is the group of prescriptions commonly known as the Dietary Laws. The Pentateuch lays much stress upon the regulation of the bodily appetites. Prominent among the means designed to hallow the daily life is the group of prescriptions commonly known as the Dietary Laws. Dietary Laws help to maintain Jewish separateness; they may preserve the idea of Israel's consecration; they may exert a powerful influence upon personal purity. The Jew owes allegiance to Judaism as well as to his mission, just as every Englishman owes loyalty not only to England's civilising task, but to England herself. The Jew who gratuitously isolates himself, who avoids intercourse with his neighbour, or refuses to conform to the customs of the country in which he lives, condemns his religion and does it harm.
