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We are trying to plan a chol Hamoed trip and wanted to know if anyone went to the “Ripleys Believe it or Not” attraction. Do you know if this is okay for Kohanim to come to? Are there Human Remains. Also, does the American Museum of Natural History have the same issues? Any information would be helpful.
Why not call Ripley’s and ask them if they have any human remains among their exhibits?
(Times Square) 212-398-3133.
As for the MONH, I’m almost certain that they have human remains either on display or stored in their archives. Whether or not it’s a problem for Kohanim, AYLOR.
The Wolf
Can’t you assume that rov bodies are goyim and therefore not mitameh biohel? I heard that this is the heter for medical students to dissect bodies and not be concerned of nevul hamess.
It’s a ??’ ???”? ????”? if we pasken that ???? are ???? ???? and we’re ?????.
R’ Chaim Hirchenson in Malki Bakodesh chelek 3 utilized that sevara to be matir.
R’ Moshe strongly opposed kohanim studying medicine:
http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=920&st=&pgnum=426
R’ Benzion Uziel would seem to disagree with R’ Moshe on the pikuach nefesh aspect:
PAA, if that was in response to Wisey, he wasn’t talking about kohanim in medical school (for which there’s absolutely no ?? to be ????, as ??? is ???? ??”?) but for anyone, and to not be ???? ?????? ???.
Why not call Ripley’s and ask them if they have any human remains among their exhibits?
If the secretary answering the phone responds in the negative, how could you be certain you could rely on the accuracy of her response?
Joseph that remains to be seen.
MONH claims to have human remains (bones/ skeletons, skulls). You can see some on their website. It looks like some of them are not in cases and are on open display.
Ripleys has multiple locations. I have heard that they are all pretty much the same. I was at one location many years ago that had a shrunken skull collection. If they are real, then you probably can’t go there as well.
scared driver delight:
I misread wisey’s post. I thought he was talking about kohanim so I pointed out that R’ Hirschenson used that sevara as part of a heter for kohanim to go to medical school:
http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=1544&st=&pgnum=194&hilite=
Since I thought we were discussing kohanim, I noted that R’ Moshe was vehemently opposed to kohanim going to medical school. In that teshuva he says that pikuach nefesh is not a sevara. So I then quoted R’ Uziel who seems to disagree on that point.
If the secretary answering the phone responds in the negative, how could you be certain you could rely on the accuracy of her response?
Because I’d be willing to bet that the person answering the public phone number on their website would have to be familiar with the exhibits as, no doubt, lots of people call about them.
And, if the person answering the phone is not sure, then by all means, ask to be passed on to someone who would know.
The Wolf
I see the Rambam’s shitah lihokil in hilchos tumass mess 1-13 but where is the Ravad machmir?
i was there yesterday they def have at least a mummy and shrunken head. more then that i dont remember.
Wisey-you’re right. It’s the ??”?, not the ???”?. See ???”? ???? ??? ??? ?.
i just called them and they said they have human shrunken heads and a mummified human arm
The exhibits are probably in their own ??? so it wouldn’t present a problem, anyway.
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