[Avodah] Any opinions on the kashrus of Peng Peng?

[Micha Berger]

On Tue, May 01, 2012 at 10:11:27AM -0500, Lisa Liel wrote:
> I don't see that all would have been assur to eat.  On the contrary,  
> nothing is forbidden -- ever -- without a prohibition.  Derekh eretz  
> kadma l'Torah 26 dorot.  Hashem created all living things with a need to  
> eat, so we eat.

I agree with the basic principle that everything is by default mutar
until prohibited, with the added caveat that it is prohibited to be a
menuval birshus haTorah. IOW, I mean "prohibited" not "explicitly
prohibited".

But I don't see the connection to DE. AIUI, DE is natural, intuitive,
ethics, not biology.

Getting back to the original question.... Given the basic choq nature of
most of hilkhos kashrus, I don't see how one can say that HQBH expects
anything out of us but strict and close obedience to the words of the law.

See Bekhoros 1:2 (and the bavli ad loc, mostly 7a if you want to avoid the
complications of bekhorah involving both the mother and the child, sticking
to kashrus), discussing animals born misshapen:

    Behemimah tehorah sheyaldah kemin beheimah temei'ah, mutar ba'akhilah.
    Utemei'ah sheyaldah kemin beheimah teshorah, asur ba'akhilah.
    Shehayotzei meihatamei, tamei;
    veyahotzei min hatahor, tahor.

IOW, the calf (?) is kosher for much the same reason as the cow's milk is.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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