Footnote 2 – “You Shall Not Boil a Kid in Its Mother’s Milk”

Babylonian Talmud, Hullin, 113a–116a. Although the Bible text prohibits only boiling a kid in its mother’s milk, the rabbis built what is called a “fence around the law,” interpreting the prohibition broadly; this “fence” would keep milk and meat as separate as possible in order to insure that the underlying, core commandment would never accidentally be violated.