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Some say, however, that this permission was only a temporary one, related to the fact that the fauna was saved from the Flood, but the flora had yet to regrow. In the modern world, where a vegeterian vegetarian or even vegan diet can fully satisfy human nutritional requirements, there's a group of Jews who can no longer see killing animals as justified. Some go even further, saying that once the Temple of Jerusalem is finally rebuilt and offerings in it are resumed, then the offerings should only be made of plants.

When it came to orchard fruits, Jews had to wait three years from the planting of any fruit tree. Fruits gathered in the fourth year were reserved for the priests and only from the fifth year onwards onward one could gather fruits for one's own use.

All of the rules I've written about this far are in force 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 52 weeks a year. However, there are also special rules for special occasions. There are specific rules which are only relevant during the week-long Feast of Unleavened Bread, also known as Passover, which is celebrated in the early spring. Even more important is the weekly holiday of Sabbath, a day of rest from work (including from cooking). And then, there is the most holy day of the year, the Sabbath of Sabbaths, namely, the Day of Atonement (''Yom Kippur''), observed in the autumn. But here, thnigs things are rather simple (simple to understand, that is, but not necessarily simple to carry out), as for 24 hours you're just not allowed to eat or drink anything.