Commentary Magazine


A Point of Kashruth

To The Editor:

In the amusing story, “Memo from the Thirty-Six,” in the September issue, the translator’s slip is showing when he transforms the Hebrew Shor Ha Bor into a Wild Boar. Personally, I have no religious scruples against eating pork, but it disagrees with me and I am looking forward to a juicy sirloin steak cut from the great ox, Behemoth, when and if—

Joseph Krimsky
Huntington, W. Va.

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