[Avodah] Shiur for Kesem today

[Zev Sero via Avodah]

> I am wondering, how can we today be toleh bema'akholes? BH we live in a
> place and time where healthy people are not plagued with lice and whatnot,
> that this is a likely alternative explanation.

Bedbugs are back, and can strike anywhere, and the first indication of
their presence, long before one actually sees them, is the kesamim they
leave behind.  I wonder if "maacholes" actually means bedbug, but even if
it doesn't the same principle applies.


-- 
Zev Sero               Meaningless combinations of words do not acquire
zev at sero.name          meaning merely by appending them to the two other
                        words `God can'.  Nonsense remains nonsense, even
                        when we talk it about God.   -- C S Lewis