What part of the thigh do Jews not eat?
What part of the thigh do Jews not eat? The sciatic nerve is removed from meat, based on the biblical story of Jacob’s struggle at Jabok, where he was injured in the thigh (Genesis 32:22): “Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the thigh muscle that is on the hip socket, because he struck Jacob on the hip socket at the thigh muscle.”
The sciatic nerve is removed from meat, based on the biblical story of Jacob’s struggle at Jabok, where he was injured in the thigh (Genesis 32:22): “Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the thigh muscle that is on the hip socket, because he struck Jacob on the hip socket at the thigh muscle.”