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why no dogs in Jewish homes?
Wayne Jude:
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL O0
Tina Greco - Melbourne:
--- Quote from: EagleEye on April 06, 2008, 03:52:58 PM ---Dogs make a good security system btw, and deter invaders.
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Yes they are one of the best O0
Shlomo:
Here is some information:
The halachic literature indicates that it has been common practice among Ashkenazic Jews over the past several centuries to own non-farm animals, especially dogs.1 Rabbinic authorities have debated the propriety and permissibility of this practice. Their positions depend to a great extent on how they harmonize seemingly contradictory talmudic texts which appear in tractate Baba Kama. The Talmud (Baba Kama 15b) cites Rabbi Natan who asserts that one who raises an "evil dog" in his home violates the biblical prohibition "Do not place blood in your home" (Deuteronomy 22:8)2. The implication is that it is permissible to raise a dog in one's home provided that the creature is not an "evil dog". Rabbi Yishmael, in fact, permits one to raise a type of dog known as kofri dogs (Rashi: small dogs or large hunting dogs which do no harm) since they help eliminate rodents (Baba Kama 80a).
On the other hand, the Talmud (Baba Kama 79b) writes that one is forbidden to own a dog unless it is securely chained (if the dog is securely chained it will neither do any damage nor frighten anyone with its bark). Moreover, the Rabbis of the Talmud (Baba Kama 83a) pronounced a curse upon one who owns dogs. These statements seem to apply to all dogs.
http://www.daat.ac.il/DAAT/english/halacha/jachter_1.htm
Furthermore, it is prohibited in Jewish law to neuter any animal. To take away something that Hashem gave them like this (one of the few pleasures animals have to experience) from another living creature is cruel.
Wayne Jude:
I love doggys ,but for observent Jews,the Law is the Law! :)
Scriabin:
--- Quote from: Fidei defensor on April 06, 2008, 01:28:16 AM ---To state its unjewish to have a pet is wrong.
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How so?
Is G-d wrong?
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