Monkeys Answer

11/11/2024

A. In 2016, Shimon Peres wrote a song titled Chinese Melody to celebrate the Year of the Monkey and Israel’s relationship with China.

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B. If your pet monkey escapes on Shabbat it is not a violation of Shabbat rules to chase and recapture it (despite general restrictions against capturing on the Sabbath).

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C. The Gemara states that Sarah was so beautiful that anyone else compared to her would be no better than a monkey compared to a human.

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D. The Jewish Monkeys is a klezmer punk rock band whose music is described as “Yiddish folk with a Balkan tinge and a healthy dose of ska, reggae and afrobeat, running on indie rock energy.”

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E. According to the Mishna, kosher slaughtering is permitted to be done by an uncircumcised Israelite or a Samaritan, but not by an idolator or a monkey.

Click here to listen to Simon Peres’s song Chinese Melody.

Click here to listen to Catastrophic Life by the Jewish Monkeys.

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