A randomish note in tractate Nazir 34a: the koy. An animal that is speculated to be one of the following:
- off spring of a he-goat and a hind
- a distinct species, not a hybrid
- unknown if it is a domesticated animal (בהמה) or a wild animal (חיה).
- it is indeed kosher
The implication in this Gemara revolves around a “bet” about becoming a nazir if a particular unknown animal is of a determinate type, but more importantly if the koy is domesticated or wild dictates how it is eaten and killed. Domesticated animals have forbidden fats and blood does not need to be covered when killed. Wild animals have no prohibitions on fats and need to have their blood covered. This is amongst many other detailed differences between them. Oh the koy, what are you??
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Posted by Nathan in Uncategorized, tags: Atrocities, Austria, Holocaust, Hungary, Nazi
I don’t need to say much here, I will let the article speak for itself:
Podezin then ushered Margit and 15 of the more senior guests to a store room, gave them weapons and ammunition and invited them to “kill some Jews”.
The prisoners were then forced to strip naked before being shot by drunken guests, who returned to the castle to continue to drink and dance until dawn. The following morning, they were heard bragging about the previous night’s atrocity: one Stefan Beiglboeck even claiming that he had “slain” six or seven Jews with his own hands.
Simply amazing and the best part, if you read the “talkbacks” on this Haaretz article, somehow this has become about the Palestinians. Can we keep it on target and not be intellectuality dishonest here?
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