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Oct 15, 2026
AmitaiHOST
so, so, so he sa- so he, uh, so just go, just to save that, just to save this, uh, this moment, there's a, there's a, a King David.
AmitaiHOST
King David, I don't know if in Tehillim, but what he says that, "I sa- I, I, I, I, Hashem, you saved me from [in Hebrew] from the horns of this animal called re'em." What is this re'em? Re'em is this huge animal which was, you know, when it would lay down, you would think it's a mountain.
AmitaiHOST
He climbed it.
AmitaiHOST
He climbed it, he thought it was a mountain, but it was an actual animal.
Bitzal SakachevskyHOST
But why is nobody bringing this Gemara in? Why do the Rishonim not cite this Gemara in Zevachim? So I'll throw out an idea, and this will close.
Bitzal SakachevskyHOST
As I said, when you read this Gemara about the Re'em, it's very, very fantastic.
Bitzal SakachevskyHOST
And one would be tempted just to write it off as just being an aggadah that's not meant to be taken literally.
Bitzal SakachevskyHOST
The problem is, though, is that the Gemara uses it for halakhic purposes.
Bitzal SakachevskyHOST
As I mentioned at the outset, this machloket of Rabbi Yochanan and Reish Lakish has, is relevant to a halakhic issue as to the certain aspects of tumah and taharah in Eretz Yisrael.
Bitzal SakachevskyHOST
So I have to say that it is gratifying to find somebody of slightly greater stature than myself who makes this very point, and someone that you would not cons- you would not accuse of being too liberal, and that is the Ben Ish Chai, the great Mekubal, in his Ben Yehoyada to that very passage in the Gemara.
Bitzal SakachevskyHOST
To read his language, he says, "Nira li besiyat haDeshma," it seems to me, "kol hanach kushiot shemakshim min ma'amar haNizkar." All the questions asked from the teaching of Rabbi Bar Bar Chanah about the size of the Re'em, "hu kipulpula ba'alma mishamyag lo tov v'yadir." It's just, um, a pilpul.
Bitzal SakachevskyHOST
It's just discussion for the sake of discussion.
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Though some have linked it to known animals such as the hippopotamus or the elephant, the biblical description presents it as a unique, powerful, and untamable being, subdued only by God.
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Re'em, or reem, mentioned in various biblical passages, was known for its extreme strength.
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In older translations like the King James Version, the term was rendered as unicorn, which sparked much curiosity and speculation.
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However, modern scholars believe the re'em referred to a now extinct species of wild ox, massive in size and fiercely untamable.
Jonathan LiviHOST
Ra'im was a ram that had a beautiful set of horns.
Jonathan LiviHOST
So Yosef is going to have horns like the Re'em.
Jonathan LiviHOST
And with them, he will gore his enemies to the ends of the earth with those beautiful horns.
Jonathan LiviHOST
He will gore his enemies to the ends of the earth.