Wednesday 31 May 2006

Storks

Rabbi Dude says:

A stork is listed in the Tora as one of the species of bird whose consumption is prohibited. The gemara explains that the stork is called a hasida in Hebrew because hasida comes from the word hesed, meaning kindness, and a stork shares its food with others of its kind. So why should the Tora prohibit the stork? It seems just the sort of attitude we should want to emulate, doesn't it?
The answer lies in a careful reading of what the gemara says: it shares its food with others of its kind. Those not of its kind, however, can fend for themselves.

How often do we see people following just that trait today?

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