Swine and Punishment

Of course. The punishment for violating kosher dietary laws has changed dramatically over the past few thousand years. The Torah imposes karet on those who consume animal blood or fat from around the organs of cows, sheep, or goats. The meaning of karet is disputed?in ancient times, it may have meant banishment, capital punishment, or a divinely imposed execution sometime before the age of 60. The Torah doesn?t specify punishments for other violations of its dietary laws, but the Talmud, which was written at least a millennium later, declares that anyone who fails to keep kosher in any way should be subject to makkot, or 39 lashes. (By some interpretations, the violator was only punished if the non-kosher morsel was olive-sized or larger.) Jewish communities seem to have beaten or flogged culinary delinquents until at least the end of the first millennium A.D. Later on, from the 17^th to 19^th centuries, some Jews in Eastern Europe forced violators to stand in a large box just outside the synagogue with their faces exposed, so those who passed through the doors could spit at them.

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