Judaism was ahead of the game when it came to caring for animals. Animal rights didn’t even become a thing in most parts of the world until the late 19th century, but Jewish tradition has always made preventing the suffering of living creatures a priority. Jewish law says that people are supposed to feed their animals before they feed themselves. Animals get the day off from work on Shabbat, except you must milk your cows, even on Shabbat, because it is too painful for them to go a whole day without being milked. Many laws of kosher slaughter are made to prevent needless suffering of the animal. Many observant Jews interested in decreasing cruelty to animals are vegetarian. And one sweet story from the Torah is that when Abraham sent his servant, Eliezer, to look for a wife for his son Isaac, Eliezer made up a camel test. He would get to a place and ask a young woman for water, and if she offered to get water for his camels too, then she was kind and compassionate and would be the right wife for Isaac. And Rebecca, one of the most important women in the bible, passed the test.
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