Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals

[heidi]

My husband and I were talking about naominovik's Temeraire series last week while on a long drive, in the middle of talking about Passover, and we wondered how a dragon belonging to a Jewish family or working with a Jewish aviator would deal with Passover (or kashrut laws in general), and it seems someone else was wondering about a wider range of imaginary creatures, and whether they'd be treyf or kosher.

Check out Evil Monkey’s Guide to Kosher Imaginary Animals so you can learn whether a Jackalope is kosher, and whether a rabbi will marry you to a mermaid - assuming she is either born Jewish, or converts.

Which leads me to wonder - do Jewish mermaids need to go to the Mikva? Or are they perpetually Mikva-ized?

Comments

[freckles42.livejournal.com]

I'd say that Jewish merfolk need to go to the Mikva. After all, it's not so much the water that is important, but the ritual act. :D Maybe they'd need to jump OUT of the water and then back in at the designated spot.

Ha ha ha, it's too early and I'm thinking too much on a Monday morning.