u/Thejabcrab

Probably, but for context I didn’t grow up Jewish. I grew up Methodist (I think) and relatively recently I learned about messianic Judaism and liked the cut of its jib, so gradually I’m trying to live more messianic, but I saw a lot and I MEAN A LOT of people saying that they grew up Jewish, and then became messianic, not many in my situation so I started worrying that I NEEDED Jewish heritage, and technically if you go back far enough you’ll probably find it, but I just recently found out I have a graunt who is a holocaust survivor…I didn’t know this, but now I really want to ask her about Judaism and I don’t even know if she’s Jewish, BUT I would really want to talk to her and learn more about this side of my bloodline, that being said I also don’t want to bring up bad memories if I do get the chance to speak to her.

So I recently bought a sandwich yeah? Anyways, it was a chicken sandwich but I didn’t know until it was too late, but it had a slice of provolone on it and therefore not kosher, which brings up a multitude of questions
1: Do messianic Jews need to follow the Kashrut laws or no?
2: if yes, how do I repent for this?
3: why is poultry and milk bad? Like I understand mammals because they make milk and “thou shalt not seethe a kid in its mother’s milk” now I could take that literally and only apply it to goats but I don’t, I take that as “don’t cook any animal with the milk of its mother” ie cows, goat, lamb, ect. But I wouldn’t guess chicken or poultry in general, because, unless I’m very mistaken, birds don’t lactate. So is chicken and cheese fine? If it isn’t…why?
These are my questions thanks for taking the time, I’m really new to all of this and trying to ease my way in gradually, and I don’t exactly live in a Jewish area, I live in PA, a very German part of PA and moving…yeah that ain’t happening for a while.