Thursday, August 1, 2013

Translation Of Nesher

 What is the translation of  נשר (NESHER) ?


Tosfos (Chulin 63a D.H. Neitz) claims, those who translate נשר, “ eagle” are
mistaken, because according to Chazal a nesher has only three fingers and
eagles have four fingers.
My nephew R. Ari Dick sent me this fascinating link
http://zootorah.com/essays/the-identity-of-the-nesher


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