In today’s Talmud pages, Kiddushin 26 and 27, the rabbis discuss how an animal is acquired. While it is stated that an animal can be acquired by either lifting it or pulling it. The rabbis respond by asking how one acquires an elephant, which can neither be lifted, nor pulled. This page can be viewed as a meditation on how we treat animals, or on the intricacies of contract law, but perhaps we should focus instead on thinking and imagination. What is the creative solution that the rabbis found to obtain an elephant? Listen and find out.
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