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Выпуск: The Yeshiva.net — hiva.net — Re'eh 5783. Темы: kashrut. Поисковые термины: кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר. The Talmud’s Observation What is remarkable is that seventeen centuries before all of the scientific research, the Talmud described it in a few words: [5] https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/2519/print-view 1/5 8/10/23, 8:15 PM TheYeshiva.net ‫ תנא עומדת בבבל‬.‫ ְוֹלא ְׁש ָזַפ ּתּו ֵע ין ַא ָּיה‬,‫] ָנִת יב ֹלא ְיָד עֹו ָע ִיט‬6[ ‫ וכן הוא אומר‬.‫ולמה נקרא שמה ראה? 8/10/23, 8:15 PM TheYeshiva.net The Complainer When All You Can See Are Carcasses, There is Something Wrong With You Rabbi YY Jacobson 23 Av 5783 The Raah Bird This week’s portion Re'eh repeats—for the second time in the Torah[1]—G-d’s “Kosher List,” of mammals, fish and birds, suitable for Jewish consumption. The Talmud proceeds to prove this from a verse in Job:[7]"There is a path which no bird of prey knows; and which the kite’s eye has not seen." The very fact that the biblical verse underscores the fact that the Kite’s eye has not perceived the hidden path indicates that the kite usually possesses piercing vision. Now, that’s impressive, being that the distance between Babylon (present day Iraq) and Israel is some 500 miles.[8] Three Questions The obvious question is why the Talmud uses such a strange illustration: “This bird stands in Babylon and sees a carcass in the Land of Israel!” It could have used so many more examples of what the bird is capable of seeing and where it is capable of seeing it. The Talmud is not only illustrating the keen vision of the Kite, or the Raah; it is also explaining to us why it is not kosher: “This bird stands in Babylon, and sees a carcass in the Land of Israel!” When you gaze at the land of Israel, you can see many things, including many positive and heartwarming items; yet what does this bird see? That is why we need a Torah to guide us, https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/2519/print-view 2/5 8/10/23, 8:15 PM TheYeshiva.net and that is why the Torah asks of us to never stop working on ourselves, to challenge our conventions, to scrutinize our motives, to refine our behavior, to make amends of our mistakes. Who knows, perhaps it is because of our wanton sins you just described.” Bemused as to where this was heading, the Maggid replied, “Yes, yes, but what does any of this have to do with the knife you are sharpening?” “Well,” retorted R

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