[Avodah] Jousting bochurim at medieval Ashkenazi weddings.

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 04:12:58PM -0500, Prof. Levine wrote:
> Please see http://tinyurl.com/2dwh9vl

Tosafos doesn't mention jousters getting injured. It would appear that
the wastage of clothes isn't bal tashchis, and the tzaar baalei chaim of
the horses is leto'eles, because one is being mesameiach chasan vekalah
in the usual way.

Jousting in armor must have been safer for the riders than I had pictured,
since otherwise jousting would pose other halachic issues that I would
have expected Tosafos to discuss.

:-)BBii!
-Micha

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