Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz

And there are many avenues to explore as to whether a leopard in a zoo that kills a zookeeper is in fact asur-e-hana'a.

So we're going to deal first with whether this qualifies as HaNoah at all, and then we'll discuss whether this leopard is in fact Aser Ba'ana.

So does it qualify as HaNoah when you are just looking at something, when you are just watching something?

So this is Gemara Pesach Hamdav Chavav HaMeral, where the Gemara says,

that if one enjoys these sounds or these sights or these smells of hegdish, that is not a violation of mi'ila.

He does not need to bring in Hashem mi'ilos, it is not a violation of mi'ila.

However, the Gemara goes on to say, that it's still asr to do, to benefit from hegdish.

in a way that one benefits from the kol, the mare, or the reyach of hektish.

So from that source alone, it seems that there is an isser hana'a even with mare, even with looking at something that would seem to violate some sort of isser hana'a.

People enjoy looking at things of beauty and people, that would qualify as a legitimate hana'a.

Now, Tosos, Masecha Shabbos, and Dav Chafalov says, wait just a second,

There is a Gemara in Sukkah on Dafnun Gimel that talks about the Simcha Spes HaShoeva.

And it talks about how over the top this Simcha was, how incredible.

The Gemara describes how they would juggle eight fires.

Someone told me that if you look up in the Guinness Book of World Records, the most torches ever juggled is seven fires.

So, I never looked it up in the Guinness Book of World Records because I don't want to be disappointed.

I'd rather believe that that's true.

So, they have all these types of celebratory events surrounding the Simcha Spes HaShueva.

And the Gemara describes that the illumination from the Simcha Spes HaShueva was so great, the light...

It was so great that even though it was nighttime, people in Yerushalayim, women in Yerushalayim, were able to be borer chitim.