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The Butchers
Jun 26, 2015 By Alan Mintz (<em>z”l</em>) | Commentary | Hukkat
The ritual of the red heifer (Num. 19) has always fascinated readers. Not only is it elaborate and mysterious, it is also based on a rarity: a red cow. The paradoxes and power of this passage attracted the attention of modern Hebrew writers. Set in Eastern Europe, βThe Red Heiferβ tells the story of butchers who steal a beautiful and vigorous cow, butcher it without a ²υ³σ΄Η³σΜ£±π³Ω (a ritual slaughterer), and sell the meat as kosher. The centerpiece of the story is a gruesome, blow-by-blow description of the slaughter, the great animal quivering and gushing blood.
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Boundary of the Wilderness
Jul 10, 2010 By Alan Mintz (<em>z”l</em>) | Commentary | Masei | Mattot
The Torah is replete with lists of every kind: the generations before and after Noah, the enumeration of the tribes and their chieftains in the desert, the catalogs of forbidden foods, the inventories of priestly garments.
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