Episode 155 Pork and the Shabbat Fish

Every Shabbat, a Talmudic sage made sure to eat a fish that supposedly tasted like pork. Why?

Supplemental Materials:

• Click here to read the article about the Shibuta fish.
• Click here to read Rabbi Soloveichik’s review, “Why Jews Don’t Eat Pork (Though Some Do).”

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