Every Monday there will be a midrashic fable posted from Louis Ginzberg’s classic collection Legends of the Jews. This week the midrash is concerning the noticeable enmity between the cat and the mouse. Because all things were created by God, even such behavior as the enmity between a cat and a mouse has a divine origin. This is from a midrash on the sixth day of creation:
Though every species in the animal world was created during the last two days of the six of creation, yet many characteristics of certain animals appeared later. Cats and mice, foes now, were friends originally. Their later enmity had a Read the rest of this entry »
