We decided at work some years ago that zombies did not count in a minyan because they were no longer b'tzelem elohim, but that golems do count because they are fashioned for/to life.
Huh. I agree with you about golems, no question. I'm trying to figure out why I feel reluctant about zombies when the idea of a dybbuk counting in a minyan gives me no pause at all. Does it really just come down to the neshome? Or would a zombie as conventionally defined be too impaired to be eligible, in the same way that I believe that being sufficiently shitfaced can disqualify a person under normal circumstances?
Look, there are reasons I don't quit my job and run screaming into a cornfield (chiefest being I don't run and I hate cornfields).
I'm glad to know it has a few compensations!
We talked about the Purim exchange and now... uh... Purim is almost here. TIME.
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Huh. I agree with you about golems, no question. I'm trying to figure out why I feel reluctant about zombies when the idea of a dybbuk counting in a minyan gives me no pause at all. Does it really just come down to the neshome? Or would a zombie as conventionally defined be too impaired to be eligible, in the same way that I believe that being sufficiently shitfaced can disqualify a person under normal circumstances?
Look, there are reasons I don't quit my job and run screaming into a cornfield (chiefest being I don't run and I hate cornfields).
I'm glad to know it has a few compensations!
We talked about the Purim exchange and now... uh... Purim is almost here. TIME.
WHAT TIME.