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Attacks claimed the lives of two Israeli soldiers this week.
October 13, 2022
The Biblical Hyraxes of the Negev, and Their Songs
“A feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks.”
In the books of Leviticus and Deuteronomy, the shafan is listed as being unkosher since it is one of few animals that chews its cud but does not have split hooves. Although in modern Hebrew shafan usually means “rabbit,” it is far more likely that these verses refer to the rock hyrax. (The arnevet mentioned in these passages is likely a rabbit.) These creatures, according to Proverbs 30:25, “are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks.” Judy Siegel-Itzkovich describes Israeli scientists’ most recent discoveries about this peculiar species:
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The Biblical Hyraxes of the Negev, and Their Songs
“A feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks.”