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“I’m Sorry I ate Your Fish” The Sturgeon Controversy and the Fish that Divided the Ashkenazic World
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The debate over the kashrut of the sturgeon in turn of the 19th century Hungary began as a relatively minor Halachic dispute. Within a couple of years it erupted into a full-blown war of words replete with denunciations and threats of excommunication. Beyond the original fish question, at stake in this explosive controversy was the […]
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