LEVIATHAN

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G-d created the Leviathan, an enormous fish, on the fifth day of Creation, as the king of all sea creatures. According to Jewish legend in the World to Come (Ha-Olam Habah), the leviathan will be butchered and served as a feast to all the righteous. However, the word “leviathan” has come to mean any large sea monster and means “whale” in modern Hebrew.

Kosher? If it’s not kosher today, it’ll be kosher in the world to come.