#talmudic — Public Fediverse posts

"You may, at this point, notice that you’re reading a #Jewish newspaper, that I’m a Jewish journalist, and that #oysters are not #kosher.

But what if I told you oysters were, in fact, kosher? That a #rabbi once argued they are actually vegetables, by virtue of the fact that they “root” on rocks in the ocean? And that their shells are a form of scales, thus making them part of the kosher category of scaled and finned #fish?

These are real arguments that were made around the turn of the 20th century by Rabbi #IsaacMayerWise, the founder of #HebrewUnionCollege in #Cincinnati, the first #American institution for #Reform Jewish ordination.

The impetus for this #Talmudic bit of logic was in large part a now-infamous feast that has come to be known as the “#TrefaBanquet,” due to the amount of non-kosher food that was served."

https://forward.com/culture/801135/a-kosher-oyster-trefa-banquet-jewish-food-history/

"You may, at this point, notice that you’re reading a #Jewish newspaper, that I’m a Jewish journalist, and that #oysters are not #kosher.

But what if I told you oysters were, in fact, kosher? That a #rabbi once argued they are actually vegetables, by virtue of the fact that they “root” on rocks in the ocean? And that their shells are a form of scales, thus making them part of the kosher category of scaled and finned #fish?

These are real arguments that were made around the turn of the 20th century by Rabbi #IsaacMayerWise, the founder of #HebrewUnionCollege in #Cincinnati, the first #American institution for #Reform Jewish ordination.

The impetus for this #Talmudic bit of logic was in large part a now-infamous feast that has come to be known as the “#TrefaBanquet,” due to the amount of non-kosher food that was served."

https://forward.com/culture/801135/a-kosher-oyster-trefa-banquet-jewish-food-history/

"You may, at this point, notice that you’re reading a #Jewish newspaper, that I’m a Jewish journalist, and that #oysters are not #kosher.

But what if I told you oysters were, in fact, kosher? That a #rabbi once argued they are actually vegetables, by virtue of the fact that they “root” on rocks in the ocean? And that their shells are a form of scales, thus making them part of the kosher category of scaled and finned #fish?

These are real arguments that were made around the turn of the 20th century by Rabbi #IsaacMayerWise, the founder of #HebrewUnionCollege in #Cincinnati, the first #American institution for #Reform Jewish ordination.

The impetus for this #Talmudic bit of logic was in large part a now-infamous feast that has come to be known as the “#TrefaBanquet,” due to the amount of non-kosher food that was served."

https://forward.com/culture/801135/a-kosher-oyster-trefa-banquet-jewish-food-history/

"You may, at this point, notice that you’re reading a #Jewish newspaper, that I’m a Jewish journalist, and that #oysters are not #kosher.

But what if I told you oysters were, in fact, kosher? That a #rabbi once argued they are actually vegetables, by virtue of the fact that they “root” on rocks in the ocean? And that their shells are a form of scales, thus making them part of the kosher category of scaled and finned #fish?

These are real arguments that were made around the turn of the 20th century by Rabbi #IsaacMayerWise, the founder of #HebrewUnionCollege in #Cincinnati, the first #American institution for #Reform Jewish ordination.

The impetus for this #Talmudic bit of logic was in large part a now-infamous feast that has come to be known as the “#TrefaBanquet,” due to the amount of non-kosher food that was served."

https://forward.com/culture/801135/a-kosher-oyster-trefa-banquet-jewish-food-history/

"You may, at this point, notice that you’re reading a #Jewish newspaper, that I’m a Jewish journalist, and that #oysters are not #kosher.

But what if I told you oysters were, in fact, kosher? That a #rabbi once argued they are actually vegetables, by virtue of the fact that they “root” on rocks in the ocean? And that their shells are a form of scales, thus making them part of the kosher category of scaled and finned #fish?

These are real arguments that were made around the turn of the 20th century by Rabbi #IsaacMayerWise, the founder of #HebrewUnionCollege in #Cincinnati, the first #American institution for #Reform Jewish ordination.

The impetus for this #Talmudic bit of logic was in large part a now-infamous feast that has come to be known as the “#TrefaBanquet,” due to the amount of non-kosher food that was served."

https://forward.com/culture/801135/a-kosher-oyster-trefa-banquet-jewish-food-history/

#Israel / Head of Israeli Yeshiva: according to the Halacha, all residents of Gaza should be killed, including elderly and babies; IDF standing orders take precedence

The head of a “Yeshivat Hesder” [a program which combines advanced #Talmudic studies with military service] in Jaffa, whose students serve in the #IDF after their studies there, said at a conference that took place yesterday (Thursday) that according to the Halachic principle, all residents of #Gaza should be killed. When asked specifically about elderly people and babies, he answered: "The same."

[Hebrew] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_VEKUNqIn4 or https://yewti.be/watch?v=g_VEKUNqIn4

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