（法新社耶路撒冷17日電）
以色列新聞網站Ynet今天報導，1隻狗由於被懷疑是20年前侮辱猶太教法庭的律師投胎轉世，被這個法庭處以亂石砸死的極刑。
根據Ynet，在耶路撒冷米許林（Meas Shearim）附近極端正統猶太教地區，1隻大狗闖入金融事務法院，嚇壞法官及原告。
雖然想把牠趕出法院，但這隻獵犬就是不動。
其中1名法官猛然想起，20年前1名律師曾在此侮辱法官，受到法庭詛咒。
當時律師被詛咒靈魂附身在狗身上；狗在傳統猶太教被視為不潔淨的動物。
1名法官覺得被冒犯，判處這隻狗由當地孩童以亂石砸死。
不過這隻狗僥倖逃脫。
動物福利組織為此向警方投訴，法院負責人極力否認，不過1名法院高層向媒體證實確有此事。（譯者：中央社陳蓉）
以下是英文全文
Israel’s religious court sentences dog to death
An Israeli religious court has sentenced a wandering dog to death by stoning, believing the hapless hound to be the rebirth of a famous secular lawyer who insulted the court’s judges 20 years ago, news agencies report on Saturday.
According to reports a large wandering dog entered the Monetary Affairs Court near Mea Shearim, an ultra-orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem, and spooked visitors there. The dog refused to scram, even after staff tried to shoo him away.
A judge in the court remembered the secular lawyer from back in the day and how the panel of judges cursed him and wished his spirit would enter the body of a dog. Dogs are considered impure animals under Halacha, the Jewish law.That lawyer died several years ago.
One judge still held a grudge, and used his powers to sentence the wayward dog to death by stoning. He commanded children from the neighborhood to carry out the execution, but luckily the dog’s luck flipped and he managed to escape.
“The death sentence was ordered by the rabbis because of the grief he had caused the court,” Rabbi Avraham Dov Levin, the head of the court, told reporters
