Click here for a printable PDF of Chapter 8.It’s Not YouEngaging in forbidden relations and eating forbidden foods are called assur because these activities are tied down to the completely tamei kelipot.But when it comes to forbidden foods, these are called assur not only because of what you do and how you do it, but from another perspective, as well.Because, even if someone ate some forbidden food unknowingly—eating it for a higher purpose, to use that meal’s energy to serve G‑d,and even if he actually carried that out—he spoke Torah and said his prayers with the energy of that meal,nevertheless,