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Why does the Torah refer to the ostrich as "Bas ha'Ya'anah"?

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Chizkuni, Riva and Moshav Zekenim (citing the Ri): Because the flesh of a full-grown ostrich is hard and inedible. 1

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Chulin 64b: To teach us that the eggs of a Tamei bird are also forbidden. .


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Riva and Moshav Zekenim, citing the Ri: This is due to the fact that young ostriches eat iron, thereby causing their flesh to become hard like iron when it matures.

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