The Madanei Yom Tov*1 (Chulin 66b Rosh # 67 sk 5 ) writes, when he was Rov in
Vienna,
R.Ahron Rofeh (Doctor) showed him a poisonous fish, caught off the
Spanish Sea, called
“ Shtinkus Marinus”*2. The fish has scales but no fins, instead of fins
it has legs.
Chazal say (Mishna Niddah 51b) all fish with scales have fins.
R.Ahron R. Asked “ Do
we consider the legs as fins and therefore it is Kosher? If it is
kosher, then the question is why would Hashem create a Kosher poisonous
fish? If on the other hand the legs are not considered fins, then how do you reconcile Chazal that all
fish with scales must have fins.
*1 Also known as the Tosfos Yom Tov (R.
Yom Tov Lipman Heller Wallerstein)
*2 In the Torah it says כל
אשר במים seems to indicate all sea animals with fins & scales are kosher.
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