1. The prohibition instills sensitivity to life.
2. Their combination disturbs a subliminal harmony in the world.
3. The Jewish soul is "allergic" to non-Kosher food.

The Torah states "Don't cook a kid in its mother's milk" (Exodus 23:19). Eating the "mother's" life-giving milk, with meat, the dead flesh of the "offspring", displays callousness. Judaism requires our sensitivity to extend to our eating habits. (Ibn Ezra)

1. The prohibition instills sensitivity to life.
2. Their combination disturbs a subliminal harmony in the world.
3. The Jewish soul is "allergic" to non-Kosher food.

The world is built upon both physical and metaphysical laws, that together constitute a harmonious whole. The Torah prohibits disturbing this balance by combining "opposites". Meat symbolizes death and stagnation, milk symbolizes life and vitality, hence we do not mix the two. (Kabbalists)

1. The prohibition instills sensitivity to life.
2. Their combination disturbs a subliminal harmony in the world.
3. The Jewish soul is "allergic" to non-Kosher food.

Foods affect both the body and the mind. Some foods are conducive to spiritual elevation and some are not. Knowledge of the correct spiritual "diet" requires precise knowledge of the connection between the mind and matter, and between the soul and the physical world. The Torah's laws of Kashrut are all based on this principle. (Nachmanides)