small cattle

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small cattle

small cattle

An animal of the type of sheep and goats.

(It is impossible to satisfy their desires. If you give them the meat of large cattle, they will say, 'We wanted the meat of small cattle'... If you give the meat of small cattle, they will say, 'We want the meat of wild animals and birds.' If you give the meat of wild animals and birds, they will say, 'We want the meat of fish and locusts.' - Tosefta Sotah (Lieberman) Chapter 6)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בְּהֵמָה דַּקָּה

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהֵמָה מִסּוּג צֹאן וַעִזִּים.

(אִי אֶפְשָׁר לַעֲמוֹד עַל תִּפְלָתָם. אִם תִּתֵּן לָהֶם בְּשַׂר בְּהֵמָה גָּסָה יֹאמְרוּ בְּשַׂר בְּהֵמָה דַּקָּה בִּקַּשְׁנוּ... תִּתֵּן בְּשַׂר בְּהֵמָה דַּקָּה יֹאמְרוּ בְּשַׂר חַיָּה וְעוֹף אָנוּ מְבַקְּשִׁים. תִּתֵּן בְּשַׂר חַיָּה וְעוֹפוֹת יֹאמְרוּ בָּשָׂר דָּגִים וַחֲגָבִים אָנוּ מְבַקְּשִׁין"- תּוֹסֶפְתָּא מַסֶּכֶת סוֹטָה (לִיבֶּרְמָן) פֶּרֶק ו)

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