Can a shofar be made of other than a kosher animal?
Arthur L. Finkle June 22nd, 2008
MB 586:1
The best yeedo mitzvah = ram, bent
Middle = kosher animal
Least = any kind of horn
586:16
(68) Horn must be hollow and from kosher animal
(2) Preferred make ram
(8)
tfiillin = Ex 13:9 tfillin – teach of the Lord be in your mouth
Mutar B’ficha – good to put in your mouth
Some disagree
Concept of things that surround the mitzvah not a machmir = tashmishe mitzvah
Shofar – the ikor = hear the note
Even nevaylah or treif = OK
Things in Temple were holy
Draisa
However, the bible permits work in the Temple via sacrifices
Cohen Gadol – shatnez on Yom Kippur
Dye
Ex 13:9
Tfillin mutah b’ficha = Holy things shall be kosher in mouth
Cepts:
Kosher
Tamishe – around the mitzvah
Mezzuza, torah scroll,
Shabbas 28b baraisa – Tachash – covered wall of mishkan with elephant hide
Pirsha b’alma = secretions
Honey is a secretion of unkosher animal = bee
Blue dye tallis = dye is secretion of sea animal
Silk – not kosher creature = worm
Gelatin = not kosher
But Rav Soloveichick experimented with a compound that when it dried, dogs would not eat it = Ko Gel
Others say men can not eat it
Fish processed
Dye (kilozen) = not edible and secretion
Megillah 26b
Does purity in succah, lulav, shofar
Tahmi’she = core part is OK
Magen Avraham = machmir all has to be pure
Avot 67b
Non-kosher unfit for human consumption. Not called food
R. Meir (Tanna) – animal hairs – less machmir
Anointed oil and incense – secretions ANDF not edible
Dyes of crimson – liberal and orthodox opinions
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