Just Obey God

When Moses went up to the Sinai to receive the oral explanation of God's laws, he was quite confused with the commandment "Do not boil a calf in it's mother's milk."

• Moses (Perplexed): I don't quite understand this line about boiling a calf in it's mothers milk. What does it mean?
  
  
• God: It means, don't boil a calf in it's mother's milk.
  
  
• Moses thinks for a while and replies: Oh I get it, it means that we shouldn't eat meat products and dairy products on the same plate.
  
  
• God: No, it means don't boil a calf in it's mother's milk.
  
  
• Moses: Oh, I get it. We should have a separate set of dishes for dairy and meat products.
  
  
• God: No, it means don't boil a calf in it's mother's milk.
  
  
• Moses: Oh, I see. It means we should wait an appropriate amount of time after eating flesh before we can intake of milk or any dairy product. But fish is o.k. since it doesn't give milk.
  
  
• God: No, it means don't boil a calf in it's mother's milk.
  
  
• Moses: What about chicken? it doesn't give milk but it sort of tastes like the flesh of a milk producing beast?
  
  
• God: MOSES! IT MEANS DON'T BOIL A CALF IN IT'S MOTHER'S MILK!
  
  
• Moses: OK I think I got it all now. We should have a separate set of cooking and eating utensils for meat and dairy products. After partaking of meat we should wait an appropriate amount of time before we partake of any dairy products. Fish should not be considered as meat since it doesn't give milk. Chicken, on the other hand should be considered as meat even though it doesn't produce milk since it tastes a lot like it does.
  
  
• God: Have it your way.
  

[ Author Unknown -- from 'Colorado Comments' (www.ColoradoComments.com) ]