Editing Camel (section)

====Judaism====
{{see also|Food and drink prohibitions}}

According to [[Jewish]] tradition, camel meat and milk are not [[kosher]].<ref name=heinemen>{{cite web| last = Heinemann| first = Moshe| publisher = Star-K| title = Cholov Yisroel: Does a Neshama Good| work = Kashrus Kurrents| access-date = 4 May 2017| url = http://www.star-k.org/articles/articles/1179/cholov-yisroel-does-a-neshama-good/| url-status = live| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170430215725/http://www.star-k.org/articles/articles/1179/cholov-yisroel-does-a-neshama-good/| archive-date = 30 April 2017| date = 2013-08-20}}</ref> Camels possess only one of the two [[kosher foods|kosher criteria]]; although they [[Ruminant|chew their cud]], they do not have [[Cloven hoof|cloven hooves]]: "But these you shall not eat among those that bring up the cud and those that have a cloven hoof: the camel, because it brings up its cud, but does not have a [completely] cloven hoof; it is unclean for you."<ref>
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The Palestinian Muslim [[Makhamra family|Makhamara clan]] in [[Yatta, Hebron|Yatta]], who claim descent from Jews, reportedly avoid eating camel meat, a practice cited as evidence of their Jewish origins.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Ben-Zvi |first=Itzhak |title=שאר ישוב: מאמרים ופרקים בדברי ימי הישוב העברי בא"י ובחקר המולדת |publisher=none |year=1967 |location=תל אביב תרפ"ז |pages=407–413 |language=Hebrew |trans-title=She'ar Yeshuv |author-link=Yitzhak Ben-Zvi}}</ref><ref name=":42">{{Cite web |last=Sar-Avi |first=Doron |date=2019 |title=מניין באו הערבים 'היהודים'? |url=https://segulamag.com/articles/%d7%9e%d7%a0%d7%99%d7%99%d7%9f-%d7%91%d7%90%d7%95-%d7%94%d7%a2%d7%a8%d7%91%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%94%d7%99%d7%94%d7%95%d7%93%d7%99%d7%9d/ |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=Segula Magazine}}</ref>