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size=2>From: "Rabbi Meir" <A
href="mailto:rabbimeir@optusnet.com.au">rabbimeir@optusnet.com.au</A>:<BR><BR><BR>>>Has
anyone noticed the Meshech Chochma [opening P VaYera] discussing the<BR>angels
eating bassar BeChaLav under AA supervision?<BR><BR>He appears to consider that
meat of a Ben Pekuah is not flieshig....<<<BR><BR><BR>.</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>I'm not sure why the Meshech Chochma needs to say this. Somebody
(Rashi?) says there that A'A gave the malachim butter (with matza, I guess)
right away -- something to eat while the meat was being prepared -- and only
gave them the meat afterwards.</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>In addition, Rashi says they only pretended to eat (he even learns a
midos-message from this, "when in Rome....") so I don't even know what it means
to say that malachim only eat kosher food. Does that mean that when they
pretend to eat they will only pretend to eat if the food is kosher?
Couldn't they just pretend it's kosher? (Please excuse feeble attempt at
humor.)
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PTSIZE="10"><BR><B>--Toby
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