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Leviathan the sea-monster, with Behemoth the landmonster and Ziz the air-monster. "And on that day were two monsters parted, a female monster named Leviathan, to dwell in the abysses of the ocean over the fountains of the waters. But the male is named Behemoth, who occupied with his breast a waste wilderness named Duidain." (1 Enoch 60:7–8)

Bava Batra 75: בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁלִּוְיָתָן רָעֵב

jyungar September 8, 2024

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Our daf makes the claim that the righteous of this world will be rewarded with a meal consisting of shor ha-bor and livyatan – wild ox and leviathan.

As a continuation of the sea shanties that opened this perek, we find the source today:

Rabba quotes Rabbi Yoḥanan as teaching that in the future God will serve a meal for the righteous consisting of the meat of the leviathan, based on a passage in Iyyov (40:30) that is understood to mean that the Torah scholars will feast on it.

We explore the culturally equivalent tales of the Leviathan the phoenix with other traditions.

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