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Nathan wrote this entry on Monday, 28th of April 2008 at 12:25:34 AM
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 [...]

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Nathan wrote this entry on Tuesday, 23rd of October 2007 at 05:30:25 AM
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 [...]