Iran’s Options for Revenge on Israel
After a high-profile strike, Tehran risks looking weak.
April 12, 2024
There Are No Cats in the Bible. Why?
The Talmud praises them, once.
At Passover seders, numerous Jewish families will be singing the Aramaic song Ḥad Gadya (“Only a Goat”), which includes the line, “Then came a cat and ate the goat that my father bought for two zuzim.” While the Hebrew Bible has numerous references to goats, it has none to cats—although the animal was certainly known to ancient Israelites. Joshua Schwartz examines the evidence: