Jeff - Yes that includes pork. Leviticus 11 has the dietary laws.
As far as the 2 sinks thing like your friend, no. It sounds like he is following priestly Judaism or, and I hate to use the word since we are told not to, "Rabbinical Judaism." They teach the tradition of the elders, or the Talmud. That is not Scriptural. Nowhere in the Torah or Tanakh (Old Testament) does it say to do so. In the Talmud, which is the priestly tradition, many parts not only contradict the Scriptures, but also itself since many priests had differing views. Yet they teach that it is a commandment to obey all of it, and if it contradicts itself, to do both.
Christ told us to beware the leaven of the Pharisees and to purge the old leaven out. That 2 sink thing is an example of leaven. Another one is their tradition of not eating meat and dairy together or on the same dish. Not in the Scriptures, it's Talmud. The priests teach the Talmud is the "authoritative oral tradition given to Moses on Mount Sinai." Yet Deuteronomy 9:10 states that everything Moses was told was written down. Many priests teach that the Talmud trumps the Tanakh.
There are so many things that their priests teach that is not only unScriptural, but in many cases blatantly contradicts Scriptures. Many of their dietary laws, as previously mentioned among others, the days they celebrate many of the Feast days are wrong, that there are 613 commandments (I went through the list and many are not in there, are repeats, or completely taken out of context- my list based solely on theirs ended with 428).
To make a long story short, if you can't find it in the Scriptures, and you need some church or priest to show you in an outside source, a general rule of thumb is to throw it out the window. Also, the Scriptures does not contradict itself. Hope this helps, despite being long.
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As far as the 2 sinks thing like your friend, no. It sounds like he is following priestly Judaism or, and I hate to use the word since we are told not to, "Rabbinical Judaism." They teach the tradition of the elders, or the Talmud. That is not Scriptural. Nowhere in the Torah or Tanakh (Old Testament) does it say to do so. In the Talmud, which is the priestly tradition, many parts not only contradict the Scriptures, but also itself since many priests had differing views. Yet they teach that it is a commandment to obey all of it, and if it contradicts itself, to do both.
Christ told us to beware the leaven of the Pharisees and to purge the old leaven out. That 2 sink thing is an example of leaven. Another one is their tradition of not eating meat and dairy together or on the same dish. Not in the Scriptures, it's Talmud. The priests teach the Talmud is the "authoritative oral tradition given to Moses on Mount Sinai." Yet Deuteronomy 9:10 states that everything Moses was told was written down. Many priests teach that the Talmud trumps the Tanakh.
There are so many things that their priests teach that is not only unScriptural, but in many cases blatantly contradicts Scriptures. Many of their dietary laws, as previously mentioned among others, the days they celebrate many of the Feast days are wrong, that there are 613 commandments (I went through the list and many are not in there, are repeats, or completely taken out of context- my list based solely on theirs ended with 428).
To make a long story short, if you can't find it in the Scriptures, and you need some church or priest to show you in an outside source, a general rule of thumb is to throw it out the window. Also, the Scriptures does not contradict itself. Hope this helps, despite being long.
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