[Avodah] Is Turkey Kosher?

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Jonathan Baker wrote:

> I'm sure you've heard LG tell this story.  Someone asked the Bobover
> Rebbe "how can we eat turkey, since it's a New World bird?" Rebbe: "We
> have a mesorah from our ancestors that we eat it." Questioner: "But
> how can that be, since the turkey was unknown to our ancestors before
> 1500?"  Rebbe: "Well then, it's a good thing our ancestors weren't so
> frum!  Now we have a mesorah from them, so we eat turkey."

Cute story! But who is LG?

Akiva Miller

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