Fate spits in the face of The Good. Yesterday, the Talmud's daf yomi readings included:
"Let him spill the produce that becomes soiled to the ground" (Shabbat 142a)
"Shake the pillow so that the money will fall off"
"A motley crew will create another bunch of mongrels" (142a)
"We shall pour water on filth until it disappears" (142b), and, last but not least,
"Roast a goose and throw its intestines entrails to the cat..."
Today, we enter the 22nd chapter of tractate Shabbat. Sample quote::
"If you bleed a beast for the sake of healing, the blood will not be a conduit for impurity." (144a)
Not to mention the vulgar imagery of R. Huna son of R. Yehoshua and Rav. Ashi at the end of chapter 21.
Alas! The Red Sox lost, the Yankees won. The Red Sox have not only fallen from 1st place, now they are also trailing in the contest for the AL wild card.
Mudville indeed,
Kaspit
P.S. Thanks to Daniel and ADDeRabbi for suggesting edits.
The Soncino translates, "...and throw [Raba's duck's] entrails to a cat," with the note that it was Yom Tov and the entrails would not have been eaten then, though they could have been eaten on the previous day. Is the original less like "intestines" than "viscera"?
Heimish of Raba to have cats around.
Posted by: Daniel | September 22, 2005 at 06:21 AM
the blood of the blood-let beast doesn't protect against impurity; rather, since the goal of the letting was to heal the body, and not because you wanted the blood, the blood itself is not 'mekabel tumah', i.e., not a conductor of tum'ah like it would be under normal circumstances.
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