[Avodah] Dinosaurs kosher?

[Zev Sero]

Michael Makovi wrote:

> Also, Rabbi Slifkin says the Torah classifies based on shape and
> locomotion, not evolutionary category, and therefore, dinosaurs are
> not sheratzim, which by definition are creepy-crawlies. I don't
> remember what he says they'd be instead, but it seems to me that the
> most likely category for them is birds.


Nope.  They didn't fly, didn't even have wings, so they weren't "of".

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