Fur colors

A black cat and a white cat. Their fates were different in ancient times. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The Cat in the Sources of Chazal 4: "If the Torah had not been given, we would have learned modesty from the cat"

The fourth episode in the series reviews the place of the cat in homes during the time of the Sages, their treatment of it as impure on the one hand and as having qualities worthy of imitation on the other – and the colors that stir debate to this day.