I mai la ke Akua, Aia hoi, ua haawi aku au na olua i na lau nahele a pau e hua ana i ka hua ma ka honua a pau, a me na laau a pau e hua ana i ka hua o ka laau e hua ana i ka hua; – e ʻai ʻoe [kēia]. (Genese 1:29) ʻAʻohe mea kūʻē, e like me ke Torah, ua noi ke Akua i nā kānaka e ʻai meaʻai i kāna kamaʻilio mua ʻana me ʻAdamu lāua ʻo Eva.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hāʻawi ke Akua i kekahi mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo ma hope koke o kona hāʻawi ʻana i nā kānaka i ka "mana" ma luna o nā holoholona. Ua maopopo ʻaʻole ʻo "ke aupuni" ka pepehi ʻana no ka meaʻai.
Ua wehewehe ʻo Nachmanides, ʻo Nachmanides, ka ʻepekema Iudaio nui i ke kumu i hoʻokaʻawale ai ke Akua i ka ʻiʻo mai ka meaʻai maikaʻi loa: "He ʻuhane ko nā mea ola," i kākau ai ʻo Nachmanides, "he ʻuhane ko lākou a me kekahi kūlana kiʻekiʻe o ka ʻuhane, e hoʻohālike ai lākou me ka poʻe akamai (kanaka) a ua loaʻa iā lākou. ka mana e hoʻoikaika i ko lākou pono pono'ī a me ka meaʻai, a ua ho'ōlaʻia lākou mai kaʻeha a me ka make."
Ua hāʻawi ʻo Rabi Yosef Albo i kekahi kumu ʻē aʻe. Ua kākau ʻo Rabbi Albo: "ʻO ka pepehi ʻana i nā holoholona e hōʻike ana i ka hana ʻino, ka huhū a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka hoʻokahe ʻana i ke koko o ka mea hala ʻole."
Ma hope koke iho o ka ʻōlelo aʻo ʻana no ka meaʻai, ua nānā ke Akua i nā hopena o kāna mau hana a ʻike ʻo ia he "maikaʻi loa" (Genese 1:31). ʻO nā mea a pau ma ke ao holoʻokoʻa e like me ka makemake o ke Akua, ʻaʻohe mea ʻoi aku, ʻaʻohe mea lawa ʻole, ʻoluʻolu piha. ʻO ka vegetarianism kekahi ʻāpana o kēia lokahi.
I kēia lā, ʻo kekahi o nā rabi kaulana loa he poʻe meaʻai, e like me nā manaʻo Torah. Eia kekahi, ʻo ka mea ʻai meaʻai ke ala maʻalahi loa e ʻai ai i ka meaʻai kosher.