Chullin 69 - The Take One Summer Barbecue: The Omnivore’s Dilemma

Chullin 69 - The Take One Summer Barbecue: The Omnivore’s Dilemma

July 8, 2026 · 8 min · Season 41 · Episode 69

About this episode

The episode discusses the ethical implications of meat consumption in Judaism, emphasizing mindfulness and gratitude.

On today’s page, Chullin 69⁠, we step back from the details of kosher law to confront a timeless ethical question. Recorded around a barbecue table in upstate New York, this special summer series with Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin and producer Josh Kross considers why Judaism permits eating meat at all—and why that permission demands mindfulness, gratitude, and restraint. If Judaism places so many moral limits on eating animals, why eat meat in the first place? Listen and find out.

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