Students are compared to four types of this food in a quote attributed to Gamaliel the Elder. An emblematic debate between the Beit (“bait”) Hillel and Beit Shammai (“shah-MYE”) concerned the precise point at which this food could become ritually impure. A recipe for this food is sweeter west of a namesake line that divides Litvak and Galician dialects of Yiddish. That preparation of this food is a common Sabbath dish because it avoids bans on borer (“boh-RAIR”), or “picking and separating.” In the Book of Tobit, this food cures the title patriarch’s blindness. This is the main [emphasize] animal to be considered pareve (“PAR-iv”), though Sephardim often still do not consume it with milk. After an encounter with one of these animals, a prophet declares that “in 40 days Nineveh will be overthrown.” For 10 points, a “large” example of what animals appears in the Book of Jonah? ■END■
ANSWER: fish [or dag; accept carp, whitefish, pike, or other specific fish; accept gefilte fish or “Gefilte Fish Line”; accept whales or cetaceans; prompt on bladder by asking “of what animal?”; reject “meat” or “flesh”] (In the original Hebrew, Jonah is described as being eaten by a “large fish,” although it is often translated as “whale.”)
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