The Changing Torah

Another interpretation: "This is the animal" (Leviticus 11:2). This is what is written, "Every word of God is refined" (Proverbs 30:5). Rav said: The commandments were given to Israel only in order to refine the creatures through them. And why all this? Because it is said, "He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him" (Proverbs 30:5). Rabbi Yudan in the name of Rabbi Shimon said: Both Behemoth and Leviathan are to be the hunting sport of the righteous in the time to come, and whoever did not witness the hunting sport of the nations of the world in this world will merit to see it in the world to come. How are they to be slaughtered? Behemoth strikes at Leviathan with its horns and tears it open, and Leviathan strikes at Behemoth with its fins and pierces it. And the Sages say: Is this a valid slaughter? Have we not learned thus: All may slaughter, and with anything one may slaughter, and one may always slaughter, except for a harvesting sickle, a saw, and the teeth, because they strangle? Rabbi Avin bar Kahana said: The Holy One, blessed be He, said: A new Torah shall go forth from Me; a renewal of Torah shall go forth from Me. Rabbi Berekhyah said in the name of Rabbi Yitzchak: The Holy One, blessed be He, is destined to make a banquet for His righteous servants in the time to come, and whoever did not eat carrion in this world will merit to partake of it in the world to come. This is what is written, "And the fat of that which dies of itself, and the fat of that which is torn by beasts, may be used for any service, but you shall not eat of it" (Leviticus 7:24) - so that you may eat of it in the time to come. Therefore Moses warns Israel and says to them, "This is the living thing which you may eat" (Leviticus 11:2).