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that they do not write a marriage contract for a wedding between two males; although they violate the prohibition against engaging in homosexuality, they are not so brazen as to write a marriage contract as for a regular marriage. And one of the 3 mitzvot is that although they are suspected of eati
§ The Mishnah teaches (89b) that the prohibition of eating the sciatic nerve does not apply to a bird due to the fact that the verse is referring to the sciatic nerve as being “upon the spoon of the thigh” (Genesis 32:33), and a bird has no spoon of the thigh. The Talmud challenges: But we see that
R' Yirmeya raises a dilemma: If a bird has a protrusion on its thigh bone and it is rounded, or an animal has a protrusion on its thigh bone but it is not rounded, what is the halakha? Do we follow it, i.e., does the status of the sciatic nerve depend upon the physical properties of each particul
§ The Mishnah states that the prohibition of the sciatic nerve applies to a late-term animal fetus in the womb. R' Yehuda says: It does not apply to a fetus; and its fat is permitted. Shmuel says: When the Mishnah states: And its fat is permitted, that is according to everyone.
The Talmud asks: The fat of what? If we say that it is referring to the fat of a fetus, don’t the tanna’im disagree about it, as it is taught in a baraita: The prohibition of the sciatic nerve applies to a late-term fetus, and its fat is prohibited; this is the statement of R' Meir. R' Yehuda says