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| − | The Keresh is the enormous deer of Be-Ila'i, and it has but one horn. Some of the Sages of the Talmud identify it as the legendary [[The Tahash (legendary animal)|Tahash]]. Be-Ila'i is a forest of this name according to [[Rashi]], and according to Lewysohn, Zoologie des Talmuds, V. Lewysohn, p. 70. According to Jastrow it refers to the mountains of interior Asia, v. Dict. p. 520. See [http://halakhah.com/pdf/kodoshim/Chullin.pdf Babylonian Talmud (Shas), Seder ''Kodashim'', Tractate ''Chullin'', Folio 59b (''Chullin'' 59b)] | + | The Keresh is the enormous [[deer]] of Be-Ila'i, and it has but one horn. Some of the Sages of the Talmud identify it as the legendary [[The Tahash (legendary animal)|Tahash]]. Be-Ila'i is a forest of this name according to [[Rashi]], and according to Lewysohn, Zoologie des Talmuds, V. Lewysohn, p. 70. According to Jastrow it refers to the mountains of interior Asia, v. Dict. p. 520. See [http://halakhah.com/pdf/kodoshim/Chullin.pdf Babylonian Talmud (Shas), Seder ''Kodashim'', Tractate ''Chullin'', Folio 59b (''Chullin'' 59b)] |
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Revision as of 10:16, October 31, 2014
The Keresh is the enormous deer of Be-Ila'i, and it has but one horn. Some of the Sages of the Talmud identify it as the legendary Tahash. Be-Ila'i is a forest of this name according to Rashi, and according to Lewysohn, Zoologie des Talmuds, V. Lewysohn, p. 70. According to Jastrow it refers to the mountains of interior Asia, v. Dict. p. 520. See Babylonian Talmud (Shas), Seder Kodashim, Tractate Chullin, Folio 59b (Chullin 59b)