Wednesday, April 23, 2025

The Chasidah Bird


The Chasidah [white stork]


 וְאֵת הַחֲסִידָה  "The chasidah" [Shemini 11:19]

Why is its name chasidah (literally meaning "kind one") asks Rashi. "Because it does kindness with its companions with food."

According to the Ramban, said the Chiddushei HaRim (R' Yitzchak Meir Alter of Gur), the reason why the nonkosher birds are not kosher is because of their cruel nature.  If so, the chasidah should have been a kosher-type bird; after all, it bestows kindness upon its companions!

The chasidah acts kindly towards its companions, answered the rebbe, but it does not act kindly toward anyone else. This is why it is considered not kosher.

7 comments:

  1. This Rabbi explains so well of how to be a good human.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9KG5KrURw4

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  3. Isn't English weather already dreary enough now....
    -leah

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    1. I read something the other day where they were worried because it was 23 degrees in April and it's not even summer yet.

      23 degrees here in Sydney is a typical winter's day, not summer. [that's 73 degrees Fahrenheit for the US people]


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    2. But to be fair... 23 degrees in London would feel very different to 23 degrees in Sydney.

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