[Avodah] Shiur for Kesem today

[Mike Miller via Avodah]

On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Micha Berger via Avodah
<avodah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:
> Then there is the that if one can be be toleh on pishpeshin, in which
> case the shiur goes up to anything less than a turmos. Literally,
> pishpeshin are "finders". Jastrow said these are bedbugs, but I've
> unfortunately have seen bedbugs, I doubt they have more capacity than
> lice. Also, unlike bedbugs, pishpeshin smell, which is one of the
> ways of knowing whether such blame is possible.

The bedbugs that I had seen in both the US and Israel are
significantly larger than lice, and when filled with blood, hold a lot
more. Furthermore, bed bugs have a very distinct odor (at least when
there is a significant infestation) that many people can smell.

-- Mike Miller
Ramat Bet Shemesh