Editing The Feast of the Wild Ox and Leviathan (section)

== Slaughtering the Wild Ox ==
The wild ox will be slaughtered by the Holy One, Blessed be He, using the sharp fins of the leviathan. The Sages in the Midrash question this, since this slaughter is not according to the parameters of Halacha, as kosher slaughter can only be performed by a person with a knife. R' Avin resolves this by saying "A new Torah will come forth from Me."

The Rebbe explains R' Avin's answer that "A new Torah will come forth from Me" does not mean that the Torah will change, since the Torah is eternal and will not be replaced, but rather that Moshiach will teach that the current laws of slaughter do not apply to this case, and his words will be accepted as halacha by the Great Court.

The Tzemach Tzedek explains the spiritual reason why this slaughter will be kosher, that this is because 'defect' (p'gimah) has the same letters as 'plague' (magefa), and this is only problematic during the time of exile but not in the future to come when "And the spirit of impurity I will remove from the earth."