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InnerMe

Thu, Apr 02 2020, 9:06 pm

Ok, here's a REAL dilemma.

I decided that this year, because moshiach is almost here + there are so many tzaros, that I'll take on myself some extra special chumros.

I studied the Haggadah and Sefer Shemos and was racking my brain trying to figure out how I can give from myself to hakadosh baruch hu in the very best possible way until... Bingo!! I had an idea!!

I'd do korban Pesach the real, authentic way. Ya know with a goat that was tied to my bed.

I went and brought a goat (don't ask it was quite the trip and the neighbors stared but we managed to drag him up to my apartment)

But here's my problem to you dear Imamothers.

I tied it with a looong string to my bed (chas v'shalom there should be any tzar baal hachaim) but the thing is that it's kind of ummm not managing in my house.

I guess goats aren't meant for city houses... who knew?

I wasn't sure what he needs to eat so I stuffed him with some of the chametz I was desperate to get rid of, but apparently that wasn't the right food because he keeps growling. Or maybe he just wants more??

And how am I supposed to get Pesach cleaning done with him on hand? He doesn't stop pacing and making a mess and tumbling into my closets.

And as far as I learned I'm supposed to be shecting it only the night before Pesach so how am I managing until then???? (Please nashim tzidkaniyos of yesteryear, share your tricks with me!)

Perhaps I should just take this as part of my mesiras nefesh?

Oh - and the shechting part - I also need any advice I can get on how to do that. Is there some book I can buy?

Please, please help me I so badly want to do this mitzvah to make Hashem proud.

I will be forever indebted to you if you help me out.

crust

Thu, Apr 02 2020, 9:10 pm

Untie the knot.
Open the door.

Ahhhh

lilies

Thu, Apr 02 2020, 9:11 pm

This thread better be really funny.

enneamom

Thu, Apr 02 2020, 9:12 pm

I thought you need a sheep? *she asked sheepishly*

InnerMe

Thu, Apr 02 2020, 9:12 pm

crust wrote:

Untie the knot.
Open the door.

Ahhhh

Are you really saying what I'm thinking you're saying?????

After all this, I should give up on this holy chumrah that I took upon myself??

See this is the problem with Imamother.

You ask a question but then you're not given an answer to the question you were asking. Banging head

thunderstorm

Thu, Apr 02 2020, 9:12 pm

A goat? What happened to sheep?

InnerMe

Thu, Apr 02 2020, 9:14 pm

enneamom wrote:

I thought you need a sheep? *she asked sheepishly*

I actually looked it up on Rav google and he says that a sheep *or* a goat is fine.

Yes, I really did my homework here! If I was gonna do this hard chumrah/ mitzvah (I'm not even sure it's a chumrah...really.... isn't it a clear cut mitzvah????) I was going to do it properly.

sub

Thu, Apr 02 2020, 9:15 pm

https://www.jta.org/2013/11/21.....kyard
Hope this helps
Don’t forget to teach him the most important song in the haggadda
חד גדיא

InnerMe

Thu, Apr 02 2020, 9:18 pm

sub wrote:

https://www.jta.org/2013/11/21/lifestyle/kosher-slaughter-in-the-backyard
Hope this helps
Don’t forget to teach him the most important song in the haggadda
חד גדיא

ok, thank you. I will study this.

The only trouble is I don't have a backyard.

And do you have a link on how to teach him chad gadya? You are right that it's very important.

enneamom

Thu, Apr 02 2020, 9:21 pm

InnerMe wrote:

ok, thank you. I will study this.

The only trouble is I don't have a backyard.

And do you have a link on how to teach him chad gadya? You are right that it's very important.

Post a video once you get goat'aleh singing away! Can't wait!

sub

Thu, Apr 02 2020, 9:27 pm

https://youtu.be/gN9og7hRuek

I asked a shaila. בלית ברירה you may shecht on your porch or on the roof.

sub

Thu, Apr 02 2020, 9:34 pm

Take out all your purim costumes and put together a play with your children
Then share with all of us so our kids can learn all about the חשיבות of the גדי.

amother

Forestgreen

Thu, Apr 02 2020, 9:57 pm

Inner me- you're quite the inspiration!

enneamom

Thu, Apr 02 2020, 10:15 pm

Also don't forget to teach him this: "Maaaah nishtana halayla hazeh...maaah...maaaah"

crust

Fri, Apr 03 2020, 12:04 am

InnerMe wrote:

That was 3 hours ago.
I changed my mind.

You know the man that came crying to his rebbe that his house is tiny and he feels choked?

The rebbe told him to take in a cow.

After a few weeks the man came crying to the rebbe that the cow is making them crazy with demands. The house smells and there literally is no room.

The rebbe told him to let the cow out.

The man couldn't stop thanking the rebbe for the idea of letting the cow go and for the extra space and air he got!

I think you should keep your goat.

amother

Slategray

Fri, Apr 03 2020, 1:06 am

crust wrote:

Some version of this needs to happen in many nyc homes for Shalom bayis if nothing else.

enneamom

Fri, Apr 03 2020, 1:59 am

amother [ Slategray ] wrote:

Some version of this needs to happen in many nyc homes for Shalom bayis if nothing else.

Or you install a Pesach kitchen and then take it out again.

Iymnok

Fri, Apr 03 2020, 2:02 am

I thought you are supposed to take it in on י׳ ניסן. You are a little early.

amother

Saddlebrown

Fri, Apr 03 2020, 3:05 am

I'll be honest, OP. I think you made a big mistake by choosing a goat over a lamb.

It's like the difference between a toddler and a baby.

A baby will tumble over and cry and need feeding and touch things it shouldn't, and so will a sheep. But a goat is like a toddler, curious and destructive and not mature enough to behave even after being told.

Plus sheep make better sleeping partners, because of all that fuzzy wool.

On the plus side, you can just make the string for your goat longer and you won't have to clean for Pesach. All the food will be devoured, and almost everything else will be destroyed so you'll just have to take the debris to the trash.

Wishing you much success with your new chumra!

WitchKitty

Fri, Apr 03 2020, 5:50 am

One of the halachos of shechita is that you have to bury the blood.
Your main problem in this whole story is that you don't have a yard.
I am willing to give you all the sand from my place (when you have a yard in Israel, the sand never stays outside).
Just give me the address.

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