From Mishneh Torah, Hilkhot Issurei Biah, 1:18
א,יח וכן השוכב עם בהמה בשגגה, והאישה שהביאה את הבהמה עליה בשגגה--אין הבהמה נסקלת על ידן, ואף על פי שהן גדולים.
Roughly:
One who lies with a beast accidentally, and a woman who lies with a beast accidentally -- the beast is not stoned[, even if they were adults?]
So, this begs the question: How does one "accidentally" have sex with an animal?
4 comments:
What I want to know is, how is the animal less liable because you made a mistake?
I consulted a rabbinic authority, who informed me that there are two types of "accident": (1) In which one didn't know it was assur and (2) In which one didn't know what one was doing. I mostly had the case (2) in mind, but apparently (1) has halakhic implications.
I didn't consult a rabbinic authority on the reason for the animal's limited liability, but presumably because it would be a shame to lose the shwarma material.
What comes to mind is the halachot when a man sleeps with a woman who turns out not to be his wife without realizing what he was doing (the lights were off). So, I guess if you couldn't tell the difference between your husband and an animal, that would be an accident.
IYH my husband will be an animal... in that regard.
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