[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":62},["ShallowReactive",2],{"topic-gentilescattle":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"description":54,"extension":55,"meta":56,"navigation":57,"path":58,"seo":59,"stem":60,"__hash__":61},"topics\u002Ftalmudic-topics\u002Fgentilescattle.md","Are Gentiles Cattle?",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":50},"minimark",[9,18,21,24],[10,11,12,13,17],"p",{},"The Talmud does not tell Jews to see gentiles as \"cattle\", donkeys, etc. The often-cited ",[14,15,16],"em",{},"Berakoth"," passage in support of the misconception rather describes a Rabbi telling Roman authorities that a Jewish man who he held in trial had sex with a donkey, when in reality, he had sex with a gentile.",[10,19,20],{},"The Rabbi did not conflate or equate humans and donkeys as moral equals, but rather lied to the Roman authorities to avoid informing them that he held a court of Jewish law, an illegal act under Roman occupation.",[10,22,23],{},"Sources:",[25,26,27,37,44],"ul",{},[28,29,30],"li",{},[31,32,36],"a",{"href":33,"rel":34},"https:\u002F\u002Faish.com\u002Fwhat-does-judaism-really-say-about-non-jews\u002F",[35],"nofollow","Rabbi Meir Bier",[28,38,39],{},[31,40,43],{"href":41,"rel":42},"http:\u002F\u002Ftalmud.faithweb.com\u002Farticles\u002Fman.html",[35],"Rabbi Gil Student",[28,45,46],{},[31,47,43],{"href":48,"rel":49},"http:\u002F\u002Ftalmud.faithweb.com\u002Farticles\u002Fman2.html",[35],{"title":51,"searchDepth":52,"depth":52,"links":53},"",2,[],"Examining the often-misquoted Berakoth passage about a Rabbi's testimony to Roman authorities.","md",{},true,"\u002Ftalmudic-topics\u002Fgentilescattle",{"title":5,"description":54},"talmudic-topics\u002Fgentilescattle","KXMuEshLJ57HQWvFXgq3XkPSZyhcVtL7Vdb_msUUY2U",1778048375452]