Reply To: Pistachio Nuts

areiv:

well

i was eating some pistachios and the question occurred to me.

obviously i posted it for the humorous side, but in truth i think its an interesting Halachic question, what are the parameters of bal tachkis?

not unlike the questions the Gemorrah often poses to elucidate details.

any one learning Daf Yomi will be aware of, just this week:

1. the rooster, the rope and the pail

2. the dog, the cookie, the fire and the haystack.

3. goats jumping and falling off roofs

4. roosters screaming into glass vessels

5. chickens hopping around with items tied to their legs

6. camels rubbing fire along the entire perimeter of a mansion.

and coming up, today i think: people taking snakes and jamming their fangs into someone to kill him.

a dog biting someone and the owner of the dog claiming in his defense: “what was your arm doing in my dog’s mouth?

etc