Well, to play Devil's advocate (ironically), I've spoken with some conservative Rabbis on this point when I worked in a Kosher kitchen at a Jewish summer camp, and their argument was that God, of course, knows about and intentionally inserted these loopholes into scripture and intended them to be found and used. However, the follow-up question of why bother doing that instead of just not disallowing the behavior in the first place did not yield a satisfactory answer.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

I must admit they have quite some resiliance. Christianity came as hypocrites have twisted the word of God and infected the religious institutions of Judaism. That was 2.000 years ago. Albeit a lot of "Christian" institutions are hardly any better.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

I'm sure the all-powerful, jealous, and murderously psychopathic Old Testament God loves people finding and looking for faith "loopholes" that very coincidentally are most likely to be noticed by Rabbis.