The ban on blood

Evidence

Consuming blood, even animal blood, is forbidden.

A · Authenticity

Well-established normative text.

B · Content

Explicit ban on eating blood; kashrut practice aims to remove blood from meat.

C · Probative value

Directly contradicts the idea of a Jewish rite using blood. Such a rite would violate a fundamental rule of Judaism.

Location : Leviticus 17:10–14; Deuteronomy 12:16, 23

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