Rabbis Condemn Dog To Death By Stoning
Posted by Ryan on June 18th, 2011
Recently, a dog in Jerusalem got uppity and entered the courts and would not leave. This prompted some judges to remember that they had cursed a lawyer 20 years early to have his spirit enter a dog, because in traditional Judaism dogs are impure creatures. Naturally, they issued a verdict that the lawyer dog should be stoned to death. Luckily for the dog, it escaped before its sentence could be carried out.
“A Jewish rabbinical court condemned to death by stoning a stray dog it feared was the reincarnation of a lawyer who insulted its judges, reports say.
The dog entered the Jerusalem financial court several weeks ago and would not leave, reports Israeli website Ynet.
It reminded a judge of a curse passed on a now deceased secular lawyer about 20 years ago, when judges bid his spirit to enter the body of a dog.
The animal is said to have escaped before the sentence was carried out.”
[BBC]
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June 19th, 2011 at 5:26 am
They tell me that Jews aren’t stuck in the middle-ages.
They’re wrong.
June 19th, 2011 at 5:26 am
They tell me that Jews aren’t stuck in the middle-ages.
They’re wrong.
June 21st, 2011 at 3:07 am
A lawyer cursed to be reincarnated as a dog? I am so going to write that sitcom. Oooh! Maybe I should write it up as a serious courtroom drama! This concept has so much potential.
June 23rd, 2011 at 8:58 am
The dog is looking so cute and so intelligent..and energetic..and the story was really amazing..and i felt something sadly about this article..thanks fro sharing with us..
September 15th, 2011 at 7:48 pm
Ok, this is nuts, never happened, and while funny, shows how little people know about the Jewish religion, even though it’s the basis of Christian mythology.
(yeah, I’m Jewish, and even though not Israeli, knew horse-boy-pucky when I saw it.)
http://hurryupharry.org/2011/06/19/the-dog-that-didnt-die/