This Shabbat we read about the kosher diet. Some commentators claim it is healthier, others say it reminds us that we can’t have everything or instills in us a sense that we are different; Abrabarnel has another approach. We have a synergic bond with God. Just as He watches over us, we guard the godliness that is within us and so King David prayed: Do not fling me from Your presence, and Your holy spirit take not from me. Yet only one who already possesses spiritual sensitivity would make such a request. Connecting this verse to the kosher laws, Abrabarnel claims that kashrut develops a personal ecosystem that drives us to request from Hashem: Do not fling me from Your presence, and Your holy spirit take not from me.