Arranged marriages have been part of the Indian culture since the fourth century. Many consider the practice a central fabric of Indian society, reinforcing the social, economic, geographic, and the historic significance of India (Stein).
Unclean animals: land animals that either do not chew the cud or do not have a split hoof, such as pigs, dogs, cats, horses, donkeys, and rats; seafood lacking either fins or scales, such as shellfish, lobster, oysters, and catfish; some birds, such as owls, hawks, and vultures; and other animals, such as reptiles and amphibians.
In Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 God states the principles that are to be used to determine which animals would be beneficial to man's diet (called 'clean' animals and seafood) and which would not (designated as 'unclean'). Clean meats allowed in the Bible have a divided hoof and chew cud (Leviticus 11:3).n Leviticus 11 and Deuteronomy 14 God states the principles that are to be used to determine which animals would be beneficial to man's diet (called 'clean' animals and seafood) and which would not (designated as 'unclean'). Clean meats allowed in the Bible have a divided hoof and chew cud (Leviticus 11:3).