No, I as a Jew am not tempted to eat pork or non-kosher foods. All my eating is completely kosher. However, I had unhealthy food addictions: I was tempted to eat processed sugar food products, and caffeinated beverages. These foods are addicting and unhealthy to my physical, mental and spiritual body, soul, mind and heart.
My Rabbi and Torah Study has helped me deal with these problems squarely in the face: head on. Now I just say politely "No thank you."
During the month of Chesvan, we as Jews study Adam and Eve in the Torah. Adam and Eve were tempted by the serpent to eat the forbidden fruit off the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden. When they ate the fruit; it brought about their expulsion from the Garden of Eden, painful childbirth, working for a living (tilling the soil for food products), and finally death.
Adam and Eve were warned by Adonai not to eat the forbidden fruit. "...Adonai said: 'You shall not eat if it, or touch it, lest you die." ~Genesis 3:3.
Todah Rabbah [Great Thanks} to Adonai, to my Rabbi and to the weekly Torah Parashah portion on Adam and Eve for teaching me to say "no" to the temptation of unhealthy foods. This is a Torah miracle in my life.
"Hazak Hazak V'nithazzek!" [Be strong, be strong, and let us summon up our strength for the sake of the People and the town of our God.] ~2 Samuel 10:12.
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