Timeline for Could Yonah's "whale" have been a whale?
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| Jan 4, 2018 at 2:12 | comment | added | Monica Cellio | I interpreted the correction as "not specifically a whale but any kind of dag gadol", as opposed to "not a whale". That is, by saying "whale" you're being more specific than the text, and while a whale would fit there might be other candidates too (even more if the creature is not natural). | |
| Jan 4, 2018 at 1:15 | comment | added | רבות מחשבות | I have heard that before from people trying to sound knowledgeable, but as I demonstrate below, Dag Gadol can clearly mean a whale. | |
| Jan 4, 2018 at 1:14 | answer | added | רבות מחשבות | timeline score: 10 | |
| Mar 19, 2015 at 10:21 | comment | added | Scimonster | Tangential: Asher Bamayim (אשר במים) in kashrus halacha | |
| Sep 15, 2013 at 16:13 | comment | added | ertert3terte | @SethJ It's just a nice article showing how it became a "whale". | |
| Sep 15, 2013 at 15:35 | comment | added | user3114 | Because i don't thunk dag is used in Halacha to refer specifically to a kosher or a non kosher fish. | |
| Sep 15, 2013 at 15:28 | comment | added | user3114 | Interesting question. in Zevachim, 22a: Raban shimon Ben gamliel says, anything created from water can be immersed in, Dav Yitzchak bar a vdimi says, you can immerse in the eye of a fish. Rashi- a Dag Gadol. I'm no taxonomiSt, but, Halachically, everything created from water has a similar status, at least as far as immersion. On the other hand we know that fins and scales are a defining factor for kashrus. I think there is definitely room to say that it was a whale, though. | |
| Sep 15, 2013 at 15:16 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackJudaism/status/379262534966321152 | ||
| Sep 15, 2013 at 5:03 | comment | added | Seth J | @double aa, interesting. | |
| Sep 15, 2013 at 4:56 | comment | added | Double AA♦ | I've heard whales are not kosher because they lack scales, not because they lack split hooves. | |
| Sep 15, 2013 at 3:58 | comment | added | Seth J | @ShmuelBrin, Thanks, yeah, I saw that. Not interested in what it might have been (unless some source says was it definitely was). I just want to know if someone notable says it definitely wasn't a whale. | |
| Sep 15, 2013 at 3:49 | comment | added | ertert3terte | en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonah#The_fish | |
| Sep 15, 2013 at 3:17 | history | asked | Seth J | CC BY-SA 3.0 |