[pp.int.general] pp.international.general Digest, Vol 41, Issue 10

[Gregory Engels]

On 09.07.2010, at 15:00, Boris Turovskiy wrote:

> I wonder what the Torah says on this account!

[eating Guinea Pigs]
clearly not kosher, because they chew the cud, but
have no cloven hoofs - so it is similar to  a hare and
hyrax. This is regardless of the "pig"-part in its name.

see further:
• The Camel, the Hare and the Hyrax: A Study of the Laws of Animals  
with One Kosher Sign in Light of Modern Zoology / Nosson Slifkin  
(Targum Press 2004) ISBN 1-56871-312-6


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