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The signs are given to permit its forbidden fat, i.e., to deem the animal undomesticated. Fat that is forbidden for consumption in livestock is permitted in undomesticated animals. And this is what the tanna is saying: These are the signs of a kosher undomesticated animal, so that one will know th
R' Dosa says: If it has horns, it is certainly a kosher undomesticated animal, and you need not search for cloven hooves. But if it has cloven hooves, you must still search for horns. And with regard to the animal called a keresh, even though it has only one horn, its fat is permitted for consum
The Talmud asks: Is this an established principle? But isn’t there a goat, which has horns and cloven hooves, and still its fat is forbidden, as it is a domesticated animal? The Talmud responds: We require horns that are layered to designate a kosher animal as undomesticated; a goat’s horns are not
The Talmud persists: But isn’t there a goat, which has grooved horns, and still its fat is forbidden? The Talmud responds: We require horns that are branched; a goat’s horns are not branched. The Talmud asks: But isn’t there a gazelle [tzevi], whose horns are not branched, and still its fat is pe
The Talmud concludes: Therefore, where an animal’s horns are branched, there is neither judgment nor judge, and the animal is without a doubt undomesticated. Where they are not branched, we require that they be layered, rounded, and grooved. And it must be grooved in a pattern such that its grooves