Man’s Best Friend
Ki Tetse’,
this week’s parasha, covers many topics, but I’d like to focus on animals. Some
verses in Chapter 22 reflect on kindness to animals. Today with organizations
such as PETA and the Humane Society, we have seen examples of how sad it can be
when the wrong people are around our four-legged friends. The Talmud also touts
the benefit of animals: R’ Johanan observed: If the Torah had not been given,
we would have learned modesty from the cat, honesty from the ant, chastity from
the dove and good manners from the cock who first coaxes and then mates.
(Eruvin 100B)
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