[Avodah] Buffalo Burgers and the Zebu Controversy

[Prof. Levine via Avodah]

Last Shabbos we read Parshas Shmini, best known for discussing and 
specifying the requirements for discerning which animals are 
considered kosher. But what is a buffalo considered? Can we partake 
of a nice juicy buffalo burger? Although the Shulchan Aruch himself 
rules that a buffalo is considered a kosher beheimah, it is quite 
certain that he was not referring to our American buffalo, which, 
actually a bison, was unknown at the time...

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Into Halacha: Buffalo Burgers and the Zebu Controversy".
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