Gluttony in Judaism
According to the list of 613 commandments that Jews must keep according to the Rambam, gluttony or excessive eating or drinking is prohibited. It is listed as #169. Not to eat or drink like a glutton or a drunkard (not to rebel against father or mother) (Lev. 19:26; Deut. 21:20) (CCN106).
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Famous quotes containing the words gluttony and/or judaism:
“Such gluttony second to none
Almost ended fatally
When a bone choked a wolf as he gulped what he ate;”
—Jean De La Fontaine (1621–1695)
“Christianity is the religion of melancholy and hypochondria. Islam, on the other hand, promotes apathy, and Judaism instills its adherents with a certain choleric vehemence, the heathen Greeks may well be called happy optimists.”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)