Page "Vegetarianism" Paragraph 18

According to some Kabbalists, only a mystic, who is able to sense and elevate the reincarnated human souls and " divine sparks ", is permitted to consume meat, though eating the flesh of an animal might still cause spiritual damage to the soul.

A number of Orthodox Jewish vegetarian groups and activists promote such ideas and believe that the halakhic permission to eat meat is a temporary leniency for those who are not ready yet to accept the vegetarian diet.