[Avodah] Is Turkey Kosher?

[david guttmann]

RZS wrote:

>Back to Moshe Rabbeinu.  That is the premise of the whole business of
requiring a mesorah for birds.

See Rambam Ma'achalot Assurot 1:15 that a Baki Baminin Ubeshmotehen - an
ornithological expert who can identify the birds as to their names-   does
not require bedika and therefore Simanim and he establishes the Mesora as
per the end of the Halacha - vene'eman Hatzayad ...

Next Halacha continues that one who is not an ornithological expert checks
the simanim the Chachamim (not Moshe) established. As you learn on the perek
you get a clear picture that Mesora is established either by an
ornithological expert (of the names the Torah refers to - of course) or by
checking the simanim and establishing that the bird fits the rules. The ones
who establish seem to be local Chachamim see again Halacha 15 - ...ne'echal
bemasoret vehu sheyhyeh davar pashut "beoto makom" shezeh of tahor. 

David Guttmann
 
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