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My definition of a mermaid in this case is a person who does not dissolve in water, likes to read, has gone swimming at least once in his life, and has created change in society. So in that sense, yes, mermaids are very real.
RebYidd23: Thank you for the public service announcement 🙂
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That’s a mermaid in a tnzius Purim mermaid costume.
Thanks RY.
Are trolls real?
RY, I guess I’m a mermaid then! I think most of us are, except for those who don’t like to read. And I suppose there may be some people who never swam in their lives, but probably not too many.
There is no one who has not created change in society. Their very birth was a change.
Unicorns are real. My definition of a unicorn in this case is a horse or pony with at least one brass instrument (trumpet, trombone, etc.) located within a 5-mile radius.
Bigfoot is real. My definition of Bigfoot in this case is someone with size 12 shoes or more.
The Loch Ness Monster is real. My definition of the Loch Ness Monster in this case is someone within 50km of Loch Ness who behaved in a mean way to someone else that day.
Avram – lol (literally)
I doubt it. The whole concept sounds untznius to me.
Unicorns are from the Torah.
In last week’s parsha, we learned that unicorns are real. The Torah mentions a one horned horse-like animal that a number of scholars say that may be where the unicorn originated.
Please be careful. When a “number of scholars” say that a one horned horse-like animal MAY be where the unicorn originated – they are NOT saying “Unicorns are real” nor are they saying “Unicorns are from the Torah”. People have a tendency to make connections and leaps in conversation that are not appropriate in Torah discussions.
If you want to get technical, saying it may be where the unicorn originated gives the impression that a unicorn is NOT real and the IDEA is what originated from this description. Surely he wouldn’t use the word originated in this context if he was implying the unicorn existed.
Why is my last post in yellow? Is it awaiting moderation or is it only I who sees the yellow?
Mod-29, Thanks & Excellent point 🙂
Correction please:
The Torah mentions a one horned horse-like animal that a number of scholars say that may be where the unicorn [,of modern society, which portrays the unicorn as some mystical creature of Greek origin, actually] originated [in real life prior and was Hashem’s creation, according to some Jewish scholars because in the Torah, there is mention of an animal resembling a unicorn that as far as we know no longer exists today] .
The Gemara in Bechoros (8a) writes about creatures called “dolphinim” (דולפנים) which called בני ימא.
Rashi explains:דגים יש בים שחציין צורת אדם וחציין צורת דג ובלע״ז שריינ״א
yekke2: ironically enough, in Greek mythology, the sirens weren’t half-women/half-fish, though that is how they were depicted in later literature.
I saw the last post was listed as being from Lightbrite from one day ago, and I got excited that she was back. I was so sad when I saw that wasn’t the case. 🙁
Yekke – cool! Thanks for sharing. I never heard of that before.
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