1. Plato, Laws, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Hayes (2015), What's Divine about Divine Law?: Early Perspectives, 65| 644d. ἐλπίς, θάρρος δὲ ἡ πρὸ τοῦ ἐναντίου· ἐπὶ δὲ πᾶσι τούτοις λογισμὸς ὅτι ποτʼ αὐτῶν ἄμεινον ἢ χεῖρον, ὃς γενόμενος δόγμα πόλεως κοινὸν νόμος ἐπωνόμασται. ΚΛ. μόγις μέν πως ἐφέπομαι, λέγε μὴν τὸ μετὰ ταῦτα ὡς ἑπομένου. ΜΕ. καὶ ἐν ἐμοὶ μὴν ταὐτὸν τοῦτο πάθος ἔνι. ΑΘ. περὶ δὴ τούτων διανοηθῶμεν οὑτωσί. θαῦμα μὲν ἕκαστον ἡμῶν ἡγησώμεθα τῶν ζῴων θεῖον, εἴτε ὡς παίγνιον ἐκείνων εἴτε ὡς σπουδῇ τινι συνεστηκός· οὐ γὰρ δὴ τοῦτό | 644d. and in addition to all these there is calculation, pronouncing which of them is good, which bad; and calculation, when it has become the public decree of the State, is named law. Clin. I have some difficulty in keeping pace with you: assume, however, that I do so, and proceed. Meg. I am in exactly the same predicament. Ath. Let us conceive of the matter in this way. Let us suppose that each of us living creatures is an ingenious puppet of the gods, whether contrived by way of a toy of theirs or for some serious purpose—for as to that we know nothing; |
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2. Tosefta, Menachot, 5.6, 5.8 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: nan nan| 5.6. "השוחט את החטאת להכניס מדמה לפנים כשרה חטאת שהכניס מדמה אפילו כל שהוא פסולה. הקומץ את המנחה להקטיר מקומצה פחות מכזית למחר כשר הקומץ שחיסר אפילו כל שהוא פסול.", 5.8. "מנחת חוטא ומנחת קנאות שנתן עליה לבונה ילקט את הלבונה וכשרה עד שלא ליקט את הלבונה וחישב עליה בין חוץ לזמנו ובין חוץ למקומו אין בו משום פגול משליקט את הלבונה וחישב עליה חוץ למקומו פסול ואין בו כרת חוץ לזמנו פגול וחייבין עליו כרת.", | |
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3. Mishnah, Niddah, 1.1, 2.4 (1st cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •fuller, lon Found in books: Hayes (2015), What's Divine about Divine Law?: Early Perspectives, 218, 219, 240| 1.1. "שַׁמַּאי אוֹמֵר, כָּל הַנָּשִׁים דַּיָּן שְׁעָתָן. הִלֵּל אוֹמֵר, מִפְּקִידָה לִפְקִידָה, וַאֲפִלּוּ לְיָמִים הַרְבֵּה. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, לֹא כְדִבְרֵי זֶה וְלֹא כְדִבְרֵי זֶה, אֶלָּא מֵעֵת לְעֵת מְמַעֵט עַל יַד מִפְּקִידָה לִפְקִידָה, וּמִפְּקִידָה לִפְקִידָה מְמַעֶטֶת עַל יַד מֵעֵת לְעֵת. כָּל אִשָּׁה שֶׁיֶּשׁ לָהּ וֶסֶת, דַּיָּהּ שְׁעָתָהּ. וְהַמְשַׁמֶּשֶׁת בְּעִדִּים, הֲרֵי זוֹ כִפְקִידָה, וּמְמַעֶטֶת עַל יַד מֵעֵת לְעֵת וְעַל יַד מִפְּקִידָה לִפְקִידָה: \n", 2.4. "כָּל הַנָּשִׁים בְּחֶזְקַת טָהֳרָה לְבַעֲלֵיהֶן. הַבָּאִין מִן הַדֶּרֶךְ, נְשֵׁיהֶן לָהֶן בְּחֶזְקַת טָהֳרָה. בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, צְרִיכָה שְׁנֵי עִדִּים עַל כָּל תַּשְׁמִישׁ וְתַשְׁמִישׁ, אוֹ תְשַׁמֵּשׁ לְאוֹר הַנֵּר. בֵּית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, דַּיָּהּ בִּשְׁנֵי עִדִּים כָּל הַלָּיְלָה: \n", | 1.1. "Shammai says: for all women it suffices [to reckon] their [period of uncleanness from their time [of discovering the flow]. Hillel ruled: [their period of uncleanness is to be reckoned retroactively] from the [previous] examination to the [last] examination, even if this was many days. The sages say: [the law is] not like the words of these or the words of those, but [the women are deemed to have been unclean] during [the preceding] twenty-four hours when this lessens the period from the [previous] examination to the [last] examination, and during the period from the [previous] examination to the [last] examination when this lessens the period of twenty-four hours. For any woman who has a regular period it suffices [to reckon her period of uncleanness from] the time she discovers the flow. And if a woman uses rags when she has marital intercourse, this is like an examination which lessens either the period of the [past] twenty-four hours or the period from the [previous] examination to the [last] examination.", 2.4. "All women are in the presumption of being pure for their husband. For those who return from a journey, their wives are in the presumption of being pure. Bet Shammai says: a woman needs two testing-rags for every time she has intercourse, or she must have relations in the light of a lamp. Bet Hillel says: two testing-rags suffice her for the whole night.", |
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| 4. Mishnah, Rosh Hashanah, 2.8-12 (8-9) (1st cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •fuller, lon Found in books: Hayes (2015), What's Divine about Divine Law?: Early Perspectives, 235 |
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7. Babylonian Talmud, Bava Metzia, None (3rd cent. CE - 6th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •fuller, lon Found in books: Hayes (2015), What's Divine about Divine Law?: Early Perspectives, 219| 84b. ואפילו הכי לא סמך רבי אלעזר ברבי שמעון אדעתיה קביל עליה יסורי באורתא הוו מייכי ליה שיתין נמטי לצפרא נגדי מתותיה שיתין משיכלי דמא וכיבא,למחר עבדה ליה דביתהו שיתין מיני לפדא ואכיל להו וברי ולא הות שבקא ליה דביתהו למיפק לבי מדרשא כי היכי דלא לדחקוהו רבנן,באורתא אמר להו אחיי ורעיי בואו בצפרא אמר להו זילו מפני ביטול תורה יומא חד שמעה דביתהו אמרה ליה את קא מייתית להו עילויך כלית ממון של בית אבא אימרדה אזלה לבית נשא,סליקו ואתו הנך [שיתין] ספונאי עיילו ליה שיתין עבדי כי נקיטי שיתין ארנקי ועבדו ליה שיתין מיני לפדא ואכיל להו,יומא חד אמרה לה לברתה זילי בקי באבוך מאי קא עביד האידנא אתיא אמר לה זילי אמרי לאמך שלנו גדול משלהם קרי אנפשיה (משלי לא, יד) היתה כאניות סוחר ממרחק תביא לחמה אכל ושתי וברי נפק לבי מדרשא,אייתו לקמיה שתין מיני דמא טהרינהו הוה קא מרנני רבנן ואמרי סלקא דעתך לית בהו חד ספק אמר להו אם כמותי הוא יהיו כולם זכרים ואם לאו תהא נקבה אחת ביניהם היו כולם זכרים ואסיקו להו ר' אלעזר על שמיה,תניא אמר רבי כמה פריה ורביה ביטלה רשעה זו מישראל,כי הוה קא ניחא נפשיה אמר לה לדביתהו ידענא בדרבנן דרתיחי עלי ולא מיעסקי בי שפיר אוגנין בעיליתאי ולא תידחלין מינאי א"ר שמואל בר נחמני אישתעיא לי אימיה דרבי יונתן דאישתעיא לה דביתהו דרבי אלעזר ברבי שמעון לא פחות מתמני סרי ולא טפי מעשרין ותרין שנין אוגניתיה בעיליתא,כי הוה סליקנא מעיננא ליה במזייה כי הוה משתמטא ביניתא מיניה הוה אתי דמא יומא חד חזאי ריחשא דקא נפיק מאוניה חלש דעתאי איתחזי לי בחלמא אמר לי לא מידי הוא יומא חד שמעי בזילותא דצורבא מרבנן ולא מחאי כדבעי לי,כי הוו אתו בי תרי לדינא הוו קיימי אבבא אמר מר מילתיה ומר מילתיה נפיק קלא מעיליתיה ואמר איש פלוני אתה חייב איש פלוני אתה זכאי יומא חד הוה קא מינציא דביתהו בהדי שבבתא אמרה לה תהא כבעלה שלא ניתן לקבורה אמרי רבנן כולי האי ודאי לאו אורח ארעא,איכא דאמרי רבי שמעון בן יוחאי איתחזאי להו בחלמא אמר להו פרידה אחת יש לי ביניכם ואי אתם רוצים להביאה אצלי אזול רבנן לאעסוקי ביה לא שבקו בני עכבריא דכל שני דהוה ניים רבי אלעזר ברבי שמעון בעיליתיה לא סליק חיה רעה למתייהו,יומא חד מעלי יומא דכיפורי הוה הוו טרידי שדרו רבנן לבני בירי ואסקוהו לערסיה ואמטיוה למערתא דאבוה אשכחוה לעכנא דהדרא לה למערתא אמרו לה עכנא עכנא פתחי פיך ויכנס בן אצל אביו פתח להו,שלח רבי לדבר באשתו שלחה ליה כלי שנשתמש בו קודש ישתמש בו חול תמן אמרין באתר דמרי ביתא תלא זייניה כולבא רעיא קולתיה תלא שלח לה נהי דבתורה גדול ממני אבל במעשים טובים מי גדול ממני שלחה ליה בתורה מיהא גדול ממך לא ידענא במעשים ידענא דהא קביל עליה יסורי,בתורה מאי היא דכי הוו יתבי רבן שמעון בן גמליאל ורבי יהושע בן קרחה אספסלי יתבי קמייהו רבי אלעזר בר' שמעון ורבי אארעא,מקשו ומפרקו אמרי מימיהן אנו שותים והם יושבים על גבי קרקע עבדו להו ספסלי אסקינהו,אמר להן רבן שמעון בן גמליאל פרידה אחת יש לי ביניכם ואתם מבקשים לאבדה הימני אחתוהו לרבי אמר להן רבי יהושע בן קרחה מי שיש לו אב יחיה ומי שאין לו אב ימות אחתוהו נמי לרבי אלעזר ברבי שמעון חלש דעתיה אמר קא חשביתו ליה כוותי,עד ההוא יומא כי הוה אמר רבי מילתא הוה מסייע ליה רבי אלעזר ברבי שמעון מכאן ואילך כי הוה אמר רבי יש לי להשיב אמר ליה רבי אלעזר ברבי שמעון כך וכך יש לך להשיב זו היא תשובתך השתא היקפתנו תשובות חבילות שאין בהן ממש,חלש דעתיה דרבי אתא א"ל לאבוה אמר ליה בני אל ירע לך שהוא ארי בן ארי ואתה ארי בן שועל,והיינו דאמר רבי שלשה ענוותנין הן ואלו הן אבא | 84b. § After this digression, the Gemara returns to the story of Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon. b And /b although his flesh did not putrefy, b even so Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, /b still b did not rely on his /b own b opinion, /b as he was worried that he may have erred in one of his decisions. b He accepted afflictions upon himself /b as atonement for his possible sins. b At night /b his attendants b would spread out sixty felt /b bed coverings b for him. In the morning, /b despite the bed coverings, b they would remove sixty basins of blood and pus from underneath him. /b , b The following day, /b i.e., every morning, b his wife would prepare for him sixty types of relish [ i lifda /i ] /b made from figs, b and he would eat them and become healthy. His wife, /b concerned for his health, b would not allow him to go to the study hall, so that the Rabbis would not push him /b beyond his limits., b In the evening, he /b would b say to /b his pains: b My brothers and my friends, come! In the morning he /b would b say to them: Go /b away, b due to /b the b dereliction /b of b Torah /b study that you cause me. b One day his wife heard him /b inviting his pains. b She said to him: You are bringing /b the pains b upon yourself. You have diminished the money of /b my b father’s home /b due to the costs of treating your self-imposed afflictions. b She rebelled /b against him and b went /b back b to her father’s home, /b and he was left with no one to care for him.,Meanwhile, there were b these sixty sailors /b who b came and entered /b to visit Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon. b They brought him sixty servants, /b each b bearing sixty purses, and prepared him sixty types of relish and he ate them. /b When they had encountered trouble at sea, these sailors had prayed to be saved in the merit of Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon. Upon returning to dry land, they presented him with these gifts., b One day, /b the wife of Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, b said to her daughter: Go /b and b check on your father /b and see b what he is doing now. /b The daughter b came /b to her father, who b said to her: Go /b and b tell your mother /b that b ours is greater than theirs, /b i.e., my current ficial status is greater than that of your father’s household. b He read /b the verse b about himself: “She is like the merchant-ships; she brings her food from afar” /b (Proverbs 31:14). As he was unhindered by his wife from going to the study hall, Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, b ate and drank and became healthy and went out to the study hall. /b ,The students b brought sixty /b questionable b samples of blood before him /b for inspection, to determine whether or not they were menstrual blood. b He deemed them /b all b ritually pure, /b thereby permitting the women to engage in intercourse with their husbands. b The Rabbis /b of the academy b were murmuring about /b Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, b and saying: /b Can it b enter your mind /b that b there is not one uncertain /b sample b among them? /b He must be mistaken. Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, b said to them: If /b the i halakha /i b is /b in accordance with b my /b ruling, b let all /b the children born from these women b be males. And if not, let there be one female among them. /b It turned out that b all /b of the children b were males, and /b they b were called Elazar in his name. /b , b It is taught /b in a i baraita /i that b Rabbi /b Yehuda HaNasi lamented and b said /b concerning the wife of Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon: b How much procreation /b has b this evil woman prevented from the Jewish people. /b She caused women not to have children by preventing her husband from going to the study hall and rendering his halakhic rulings., b As /b Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, b was dying, he said to his wife: I know that the Rabbis are angry at me /b for arresting several thieves who are their relatives, b and /b therefore b they will not properly tend to my /b burial. When I die, b lay me in my attic and do not be afraid of me, /b i.e., do not fear that anything will happen to my corpse. b Rabbi Shmuel bar Naḥmani said: Rabbi Yonatan’s mother told me that the wife of Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, told her: I laid him in the attic /b for b no less than eighteen /b years b and /b for b no more than twenty-two years. /b ,His wife continued: b When I would go up /b to the attic b I would check his hair, /b and b when a hair would fall out from /b his head, b blood would come /b and appear in its place, i.e., his corpse did not decompose. b One day I saw a worm emerging from his ear, /b and b I became /b very b distressed /b that perhaps his corpse had begun to decompose. My husband b appeared to me in a dream /b and b said to me: It is no matter /b for concern. Rather, this is a consequence for a sin of mine, as b one day I heard a Torah scholar being insulted and I did not protest as I should have. /b Therefore, I received this punishment in my ear, measure for measure.,During this period, b when two /b people b would come for adjudication of /b a dispute, b they would stand by the doorway /b to the home of Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon. b One /b litigant b would state his /b side of the b matter, and the other /b litigant would state b his /b side of the b matter. A voice would issue forth from his attic, saying: So-and-so, you are guilty; so-and-so, you are innocent. /b The Gemara relates: b One day, the wife of /b Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, b was quarreling with a neighbor. /b The neighbor b said to her /b as a curse: This woman b should be like her husband, who was not buried. /b When word spread that Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, had not been buried, b the Rabbis said: This much, /b i.e., now that the matter is known, to continue in this state is b certainly not proper conduct, /b and they decided to bury him., b There are /b those b who say /b that the Sages found out that Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, had not been buried when b Rabbi Shimon ben Yoḥai, /b his father, b appeared to them in a dream and said to them: I have a single fledgling among you, /b i.e., my son, b and you do not wish to bring it to me /b by burying him next to me. Consequently, b the Sages went to tend to /b his burial. b The residents of Akhbaria, /b the town where the corpse of Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, was resting, b did not allow /b them to do so, b as /b they realized that b all the years that Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, had been resting in his attic, no wild beast had entered their town. /b The townspeople attributed this phenomenon to his merit and they did not want to lose this protection., b One day, /b which b was Yom Kippur eve, /b everyone in the town b was preoccupied /b with preparations for the Festival. b The Rabbis sent /b a message b to the residents of /b the adjacent town b of Biri /b instructing them to help remove the body of Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, from the attic, b and they removed his bier and brought it to his father’s /b burial b cave. They found a serpent [ i le’akhna /i ] that /b had placed its tail in its mouth and completely b encircled /b the entrance to b the cave, /b denying them access. b They said to it: Serpent, serpent! Open your mouth to allow a son to enter next to his father. It opened /b its mouth b for them /b and uncoiled, and they buried Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, alongside his father.,The Gemara continues: After this incident, b Rabbi /b Yehuda HaNasi b sent /b a messenger b to speak with the wife of /b Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, and propose marriage. b She sent /b a message b to him /b in response: Shall b a vessel used by /b someone b sacred, /b i.e., Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, b be used by /b someone who is, relative to him, b profane? There, /b in Eretz Yisrael, b they say /b that she used the colloquial adage: b In the location /b where b the master of the house hangs his sword, /b shall b the contemptible shepherd hang his basket [ i kultei /i ]? /b Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi b sent /b a message back b to her: Granted that in Torah he was greater than I, but was /b he b greater than I in pious deeds? She sent /b a message back b to him: Whether /b he was b greater than you in Torah I do not know; /b but b I do know /b that he was greater than you b in /b pious b deeds, as he accepted afflictions upon himself. /b ,The Gemara asks: b With regard to Torah /b knowledge, b what is /b the event that demonstrated the superiority of Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, over Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi? The Gemara answers: b When Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel and Rabbi Yehoshua ben Korḥa, /b the leading Sages of the generation, b were sitting on benches [ i asafselei /i ] /b teaching Torah along with the other Sages, the youthful pair b Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, and Rabbi /b Yehuda HaNasi b would sit before them on the ground /b out of respect.,These two young students would engage in discussions with the Sages, in which they would b raise difficulties and answer /b them brilliantly. Seeing the young scholars’ brilliance, the leading Sages b said: From their waters we drink, /b i.e., we are learning from them, b and they are /b the ones b sitting on the ground? Benches were prepared for /b Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, and Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi, b and they were promoted /b to sit alongside the other Sages., b Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel said to /b the other Sages present: b I have a single fledgling among you, /b i.e., my son Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi, b and you are seeking to take it from me? /b By promoting my son to such a prestigious position at such a young age, his chances of being adversely affected by the evil eye are greatly increased. b They demoted Rabbi /b Yehuda HaNasi to sit on the ground, at his father’s request. b Rabbi Yehoshua ben Korḥa said to /b the Sages: Should b one who has a father /b to care for him, i.e., Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi, be demoted so that he may b live, while /b the other b one, who does not have a father /b to care for him, i.e., Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, should be allowed to b die? /b Upon hearing his argument, the Sages b also demoted Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, /b without explaining to him the reason for his demotion. b He became offended /b and b said /b to them: b You are equating /b Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi b to me, /b by demoting us together. In fact, I am much greater than he.,As a result of that incident, the relationship of Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, with Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi changed. Up b until that day, when Rabbi /b Yehuda HaNasi b would state a matter /b of Torah, b Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, would support him /b by citing proofs for his opinion. b From this /b point b forward, when /b they were discussing a subject and b Rabbi /b Yehuda HaNasi b would say: I have /b an argument b to respond, Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, would /b preempt him by b saying to him: Such and such is what you have to respond, /b and b this is the refutation of your /b claim. b Now /b that you asked these questions, b you have surrounded us with bundles of refutations that have no substance, /b i.e., you have forced us to give unnecessary answers. Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, would anticipate Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi’s comments and immediately dismiss them as having no value., b Rabbi /b Yehuda HaNasi b became offended. He came /b and b told his father /b what had transpired. Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel b said /b to him: b My son, do not let /b his actions b offend /b you, b as he is a lion, son of a lion, and you are a lion, son of a fox. /b Rabbi Elazar’s father, Rabbi Shimon, was a renowned Sage, and therefore Rabbi Elazar’s sagacity is not surprising. In any event, this incident demonstrates the superiority of Rabbi Elazar, son of Rabbi Shimon, to Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi with regard to knowledge of Torah.,The Gemara concludes: b This /b incident b is /b the background to a statement b which Rabbi /b Yehuda HaNasi b said: There are three /b prototypical b modest /b people, b and they are: Father, /b i.e., Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel; |
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8. Babylonian Talmud, Niddah, None (3rd cent. CE - 6th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •fuller, lon Found in books: Hayes (2015), What's Divine about Divine Law?: Early Perspectives, 219| 31b. שמשהין עצמן בבטן כדי שיזריעו נשותיהן תחלה שיהו בניהם זכרים מעלה עליהן הכתוב כאילו הם מרבים בנים ובני בנים והיינו דאמר רב קטינא יכולני לעשות כל בני זכרים אמר רבא הרוצה לעשות כל בניו זכרים יבעול וישנה,ואמר רבי יצחק אמר רבי אמי אין אשה מתעברת אלא סמוך לוסתה שנאמר (תהלים נא, ז) הן בעון חוללתי,ורבי יוחנן אמר סמוך לטבילה שנאמר (תהלים נא, ז) ובחטא יחמתני אמי,מאי משמע דהאי חטא לישנא דדכויי הוא דכתיב (ויקרא יד, מט) וחטא את הבית ומתרגמינן וידכי ית ביתא ואי בעית אימא מהכא (תהלים נא, ט) תחטאני באזוב ואטהר,ואמר רבי יצחק אמר רבי אמי כיון שבא זכר בעולם בא שלום בעולם שנאמר (ישעיהו טז, א) שלחו כר מושל ארץ זכר זה כר,ואמר ר' יצחק דבי רבי אמי בא זכר בעולם בא ככרו בידו זכר זה כר דכתיב (מלכים ב ו, כג) ויכרה להם כירה גדולה,נקבה אין עמה כלום נקבה נקייה באה עד דאמרה מזוני לא יהבי לה דכתיב (בראשית ל, כח) נקבה שכרך עלי ואתנה,שאלו תלמידיו את רבי שמעון בן יוחי מפני מה אמרה תורה יולדת מביאה קרבן אמר להן בשעה שכורעת לילד קופצת ונשבעת שלא תזקק לבעלה לפיכך אמרה תורה תביא קרבן,מתקיף לה רב יוסף והא מזידה היא ובחרטה תליא מילתא ועוד קרבן שבועה בעי איתויי,ומפני מה אמרה תורה זכר לשבעה ונקבה לארבעה עשר זכר שהכל שמחים בו מתחרטת לשבעה נקבה שהכל עצבים בה מתחרטת לארבעה עשר,ומפני מה אמרה תורה מילה לשמונה שלא יהו כולם שמחים ואביו ואמו עצבים,תניא היה ר"מ אומר מפני מה אמרה תורה נדה לשבעה מפני שרגיל בה וקץ בה אמרה תורה תהא טמאה שבעה ימים כדי שתהא חביבה על בעלה כשעת כניסתה לחופה,שאלו תלמידיו את רבי דוסתאי ברבי ינאי מפני מה איש מחזר על אשה ואין אשה מחזרת על איש משל לאדם שאבד לו אבידה מי מחזר על מי בעל אבידה מחזיר על אבידתו,ומפני מה איש פניו למטה ואשה פניה למעלה כלפי האיש זה ממקום שנברא וזו ממקום שנבראת,ומפני מה האיש מקבל פיוס ואין אשה מקבלת פיוס זה ממקום שנברא וזו ממקום שנבראת,מפני מה אשה קולה ערב ואין איש קולו ערב זה ממקום שנברא וזו ממקום שנבראת שנאמר {שיר השירים ב } כי קולך ערב ומראך נאוה, br br big strongהדרן עלך המפלת חתיכה /strong /big br br,מתני׳ big strongבנות /strong /big כותים נדות מעריסתן והכותים מטמאים משכב תחתון כעליון מפני שהן בועלי נדות,והן יושבות על כל דם ודם,ואין חייבין עליהן על ביאת מקדש ואין שורפין עליהם את התרומה מפני שטומאתן ספק, big strongגמ׳ /strong /big ה"ד אי דקא חזיין אפילו דידן נמי ואי דלא קחזיין דידהו נמי לא,אמר רבא בריה דרב אחא בר רב הונא אמר רב ששת הכא במאי עסקינן בסתמא דכיון דאיכא מיעוטא דחזיין חיישינן ומאן תנא דחייש למיעוטא | 31b. b they delay /b while b in /b their wives’ b abdomen, /b initially refraining from emitting semen b so that their wives will emit seed first, /b in order b that their children will be male, the verse ascribes them /b credit b as though they have many sons and sons’ sons. And this /b statement b is /b the same as that b which Rav Ketina said: I could have made all of my children males, /b by refraining from emitting seed until my wife emitted seed first. b Rava says /b another method through which one can cause his children to be males: b One who wishes to make all of his children males should engage in intercourse /b with his wife b and repeat /b the act.,§ b And Rabbi Yitzḥak says /b that b Rabbi Ami says: A woman becomes pregt only /b by engaging in intercourse b close to the onset of her /b menstrual b cycle, as it is stated: “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity” /b (Psalms 51:7). This iniquity is referring to intercourse close to the woman’s menstrual cycle, when intercourse is prohibited. Accordingly, David is saying that his mother presumably conceived him at this time., b And Rabbi Yoḥa says: /b A woman becomes pregt only by engaging in intercourse b near /b the time of her b immersion /b in a ritual bath, through which she is purified from her status as a menstruating woman, b as it is stated /b in the continuation of the same verse: b “And in sin [ i uvḥet /i ] did my mother conceive me” /b (Psalms 51:7).,The Gemara explains this derivation: b From where may /b it b be inferred that this term “ i ḥet /i ” is /b a reference b to purity? /b The Gemara answers: b As it is written /b with regard to leprosy of houses: b “ i Veḥittei /i the house” /b (Leviticus 14:52), b and we translate /b the verse into Aramaic as: b And he shall purify the house. And if you wish, say /b that the interpretation is derived b from here: “Purge me [ i teḥatte’eni /i ] with hyssop, and I shall be pure” /b (Psalms 51:9). Evidently, the root i ḥet /i , i tet /i , i alef /i refers to purification.,§ b And Rabbi Yitzḥak says /b that b Rabbi Ami says: When a male comes into the world, /b i.e., when a male baby is born, b peace comes to the world, as it is stated: “Send the lambs [ i khar /i ] for the ruler of the land” /b (Isaiah 16:1). This i khar /i , or i kar /i , a gift one sends the ruler, contributes to the stability of the government and peace, and the word b male [ i zakhar /i ] /b can be interpreted homiletically as an abbreviation of: b This is a i kar /i [ i zeh kar /i ]. /b , b And Rabbi Yitzḥak from the school of Rabbi Ami says: When a male comes into the world, his loaf /b of bread, i.e., his sustece, b comes into his possession. /b In other words, a male can provide for himself. This is based on the aforementioned interpretation of the word b male [ i zakhar /i ] /b as an abbreviation of: b This is a i kar /i [ i zeh kar /i ], /b and the term i kar /i refers to sustece, b as it is written: “And he prepared great provision [ i kera /i ] for them” /b (II Kings 6:23).,By contrast, b when a female comes into the world, nothing, /b i.e., no sustece, comes b with her. /b This is derived from the homiletic interpretation of the word b female [ i nekeva /i ] /b as an abbreviation of the phrase: b She comes clean [ i nekiya ba’a /i ], /b i.e., empty. Furthermore, b until she says: /b Give me b sustece, /b people b do not give her, as it is written /b in Laban’s request of Jacob: b “Appoint me [ i nokva /i ] your wages, and I will give it” /b (Genesis 30:28). Laban used the word i nokva /i , similar to i nekeva /i , when he said that he would pay Jacob only if he explicitly demanded his wages., b The students of Rabbi Shimon ben Yoḥai asked him: For what /b reason b does the Torah say /b that b a woman after childbirth brings an offering? He said to them: At the time that /b a woman b crouches to give birth, /b her pain is so great that b she impulsively takes an oath that she will not engage in intercourse with her husband /b ever again, so that she will never again experience this pain. b Therefore, the Torah says /b that b she must bring an offering /b for violating her oath and continuing to engage in intercourse with her husband., b Rav Yosef objects to this /b answer: b But isn’t /b the woman b an intentional violator /b of her oath? b And /b if she wishes that her oath be dissolved, so that she may engage in intercourse with her husband, b the matter depends on /b her b regret /b of her oath. One is obligated to bring an offering for violating an oath of an utterance only if his transgression is unwitting. b And furthermore, /b if the purpose of the offering that a woman brings after childbirth is to atone for violating an oath, then b she /b should be b required to bring /b a female lamb or goat as b an offering, /b which is the requirement of one who violated b an oath, /b rather than the bird offering brought by a woman after childbirth., b And /b the students of Rabbi Shimon ben Yoḥai further inquired of him: b For what /b reason b does the Torah say /b that a woman who gives birth to b a male /b is ritually impure b for seven /b days, b but /b a woman who gives birth to b a female /b is impure b for fourteen /b days? Rabbi Shimon ben Yoḥai answered them: When a woman gives birth to b a male, over which everyone is happy, she regrets /b her oath, that she will never again engage in intercourse with her husband, already b seven /b days after giving birth. By contrast, after giving birth to b a female, over which everyone is unhappy, she regrets /b her oath only b fourteen /b days after giving birth., b And /b the students further asked him: b For what /b reason b does the Torah say /b that b circumcision /b is performed only b on the eighth /b day of the baby’s life, and not beforehand? He answered them: It is b so that /b there b will not be /b a situation where b everyone /b is b happy /b at the circumcision ceremony b but the father and mother of /b the infant b are unhappy, /b as they are still prohibited from engaging in intercourse., b It is taught /b in a i baraita /i that b Rabbi Meir would say: For what /b reason b does the Torah say /b that b a menstruating woman /b is prohibited from engaging in intercourse with her husband b for seven /b days? It is b because /b if a woman were permitted to engage in intercourse with her husband all the time, her husband would be too b accustomed to her, and /b would eventually be b repulsed by her. /b Therefore, b the Torah says /b that a menstruating woman b shall be ritually impure /b for b seven days, /b during which she is prohibited from engaging in intercourse with her husband, b so that /b when she becomes pure again b she will be dear to her husband as /b at b the time when she entered the wedding canopy /b with him.,§ b The students of Rabbi Dostai, son of Rabbi Yannai, asked him: For what /b reason is it the norm that b a man pursues a woman /b for marriage, b but a woman does not pursue a man? /b Rabbi Dostai answered them by citing b a parable of a person who lost an item. Who searches for what? /b Certainly b the owner of the lost item searches for his item; /b the item does not search for its owner. Since the first woman was created from the body of the first man, the man seeks that which he has lost., b And /b the students of Rabbi Dostai further asked him: b For what /b reason does b a man /b engage in intercourse b facing down, and a woman /b engage in intercourse b facing up toward the man? /b Rabbi Dostai answered them: b This /b man faces b the place from which he was created, /b i.e., the earth, b and that /b woman faces b the place from which she was created, /b namely man., b And /b the students also inquired: b For what /b reason is b a man /b who is angry likely to b accept appeasement, but a woman /b is b not /b as likely to b accept appeasement? /b Rabbi Dostai answered them: It is b because this /b man behaves like b the place from which he was created, /b i.e., the earth, which yields to pressure, b and that /b woman behaves like b the place from which she was created, /b i.e., from bone, which cannot be molded easily.,The students continued to ask Rabbi Dostai: b For what /b reason b is a woman’s voice pleasant, but a man’s voice is not pleasant? /b He answered: b This /b man is similar to b the place from which he was created, /b the earth, which does not issue a sound when it is struck, b and that /b woman is similar to b the place from which she was created, /b a bone, which makes a sound when it is struck. The proof that a woman’s voice is pleasant is b that it is stated /b in Song of Songs that the man says to his beloved: b “For sweet is your voice, and your countece is beautiful” /b (Song of Songs 2:14).,, strong MISHNA: /strong Samaritan b girls /b are considered b menstruating women from /b the time they lie in b their cradle. And the Samaritan /b men b impart ritual impurity /b to the b lower bedding like the upper /b bedding, i.e., all layers of bedding beneath them are impure, and their status is like the bedding above a man who experiences a gonorrhea-like discharge [ i zav /i ]: The status of both levels of bedding is that of first-degree ritual impurity, which can impart impurity to food and drink. This is b due to /b the fact b that /b Samaritan men are considered men who b engage in intercourse with menstruating women. /b , b And /b they are considered men who engage in intercourse with menstruating women because Samaritan women b observe /b the seven-day menstrual period of ritual impurity b for each and every /b emission of b blood, /b even for blood that does not render them impure. Accordingly, if a Samaritan woman has an emission of impure blood during the seven-day period, she will nevertheless continue counting seven days from the first emission. It is therefore possible that the Samaritan men will engage in intercourse with their wives while they are still halakhically considered menstruating women, as the seven-day period of impurity should have been counted from the emission of the impure blood., b But /b one who enters the Temple while wearing b those /b garments upon which a Samaritan had lain b is not liable /b to bring an offering b for entering the Temple /b in a status of impurity, b nor does one burn i teruma /i /b that came into contact with b those /b garments, b because their impurity /b is b uncertain. /b , strong GEMARA: /strong The mishna teaches that Samaritan girls are considered menstruating women from the time they lie in their cradle. The Gemara asks: b What are the circumstances /b of this statement? b If /b the mishna is referring to girls b who /b already b see /b menstrual blood, then b even our own, /b i.e., Jewish girls, are b also /b considered menstruating women under such circumstances. b And if /b it is referring to girls b who do not /b yet b see /b menstrual blood, then b their /b girls, i.e., those of the Samaritans, should b also not /b have the status of menstruating women., b Rava, son of Rav Aḥa bar Rav Huna, says /b that b Rav Sheshet says: Here we are dealing with an unspecified /b case, i.e., it is unknown whether these girls have experienced their first menstrual period. b Since there is a minority /b of girls b who see /b menstrual blood, b we are concerned /b with regard to each Samaritan girl that she might be from this minority. The Gemara asks: b And who /b is the i tanna /i who b taught that one must be concerned for the minority? /b |
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9. Babylonian Talmud, Yevamot, None (3rd cent. CE - 6th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Hayes (2015), What's Divine about Divine Law?: Early Perspectives, 219| 62b. בני בנים הרי הן כבנים כי תניא ההיא להשלים,מיתיבי בני בנים הרי הם כבנים מת אחד מהם או שנמצא סריס לא קיים פריה ורביה תיובתא דרב הונא תיובתא:,בני בנים הרי הם כבנים: סבר אביי למימר ברא לברא וברתא לברתא וכ"ש ברא לברתא אבל ברתא לברא לא א"ל רבא לשבת יצרה בעיא והא איכא,דכולי עלמא מיהת תרי מחד לא ולא והא אמרי ליה רבנן לרב ששת נסיב איתתא ואוליד בני ואמר להו בני ברתי בני נינהו,התם דחויי קמדחי להו דרב ששת איעקר מפירקיה דרב הונא,אמר ליה רבה לרבא בר מארי מנא הא מילתא דאמור רבנן בני בנים הרי הן כבנים אילימא מדכתיב (בראשית לא, מג) הבנות בנותי והבנים בני אלא מעתה והצאן צאני הכי נמי אלא דקנית מינאי הכא נמי דקנית מינאי,אלא מהכא (דברי הימים א ב, כא) ואחר בא חצרון אל בת מכיר אבי גלעד ותלד לו את שגוב וכתיב (שופטים ה, יד) מני מכיר ירדו מחוקקים וכתיב (תהלים ס, ט) יהודה מחוקקי,מתניתין דלאו כרבי יהושע דתניא רבי יהושע אומר נשא אדם אשה בילדותו ישא אשה בזקנותו היו לו בנים בילדותו יהיו לו בנים בזקנותו שנא' (קהלת יא, ו) בבקר זרע את זרעך ולערב אל תנח ידך כי אינך יודע אי זה יכשר הזה או זה ואם שניהם כאחד טובים,ר"ע אומר למד תורה בילדותו ילמוד תורה בזקנותו היו לו תלמידים בילדותו יהיו לו תלמידים בזקנותו שנא' בבקר זרע את זרעך וגו' אמרו שנים עשר אלף זוגים תלמידים היו לו לרבי עקיבא מגבת עד אנטיפרס וכולן מתו בפרק אחד מפני שלא נהגו כבוד זה לזה,והיה העולם שמם עד שבא ר"ע אצל רבותינו שבדרום ושנאה להם ר"מ ור' יהודה ור' יוסי ורבי שמעון ורבי אלעזר בן שמוע והם הם העמידו תורה אותה שעה,תנא כולם מתו מפסח ועד עצרת אמר רב חמא בר אבא ואיתימא ר' חייא בר אבין כולם מתו מיתה רעה מאי היא א"ר נחמן אסכרה,א"ר מתנא הלכה כרבי יהושע,אמר רבי תנחום א"ר חנילאי כל אדם שאין לו אשה שרוי בלא שמחה בלא ברכה בלא טובה בלא שמחה דכתיב (דברים יד, כו) ושמחת אתה וביתך בלא ברכה דכתיב (יחזקאל מד, ל) להניח ברכה אל ביתך בלא טובה דכתיב (בראשית ב, יח) לא טוב היות האדם לבדו,במערבא אמרי בלא תורה בלא חומה בלא תורה דכתיב (איוב ו, יג) האם אין עזרתי בי ותושיה נדחה ממני בלא חומה דכתיב (ירמיהו לא, כב) נקבה תסובב גבר,רבא בר עולא אמר בלא שלום דכתיב (איוב ה, כד) וידעת כי שלום אהלך ופקדת נוך ולא תחטא,אמר ריב"ל כל היודע באשתו שהיא יראת שמים ואינו פוקדה נקרא חוטא שנאמר וידעת כי שלום אהלך וגו' ואמר ריב"ל חייב אדם לפקוד את אשתו בשעה שהוא יוצא לדרך שנא' וידעת כי שלום אהלך וגו',הא מהכא נפקא מהתם נפקא ואל אישך תשוקתך מלמד שהאשה משתוקקת על בעלה בשעה שהוא יוצא לדרך א"ר יוסף לא נצרכה אלא סמוך לווסתה,וכמה אמר רבא עונה והני מילי לדבר הרשות אבל לדבר מצוה מיטרידי,ת"ר האוהב את אשתו כגופו והמכבדה יותר מגופו והמדריך בניו ובנותיו בדרך ישרה והמשיאן סמוך לפירקן עליו הכתוב אומר וידעת כי שלום אהלך האוהב את שכיניו והמקרב את קרוביו והנושא את בת אחותו | 62b. b Grandchildren are /b considered b like children. /b This indicates that if one’s children have passed away, he has fulfilled the mitzva to be fruitful and multiply only if they had children of their own, as they are considered like his own children. The Gemara responds: b When that /b i baraita /i b is taught /b it is with regard b to completing /b the required number of children, e.g., if he had only a son, but his son had a daughter, he has fulfilled the mitzva to be fruitful and multiply.,The Gemara b raises an objection /b to the opinion of Rav Huna from another i baraita /i : b Grandchildren are /b considered b like children. /b If b one of /b a man’s children b died or was discovered /b to be b a eunuch, /b the father has b not fulfilled /b the mitzva to be b fruitful and multiply. /b This directly contradicts Rav Huna’s statement that one fulfills the mitzva even if his children die. The Gemara concludes: b The refutation /b of the opinion b of Rav Huna is /b indeed b a conclusive refutation. /b ,§ It was taught in the i baraita /i that b grandchildren are /b considered b like children. Abaye thought to say /b that if one’s children die, he fulfills the mitzva to be fruitful and multiply through grandchildren, provided b a son /b was born b to /b his b son and a daughter to /b his b daughter, and all the more so /b if b a son /b was born b to /b his b daughter, /b as his grandchildren take the place of his children in these cases. b However, /b if b a daughter /b was born b to /b his b son, no, /b she cannot take the place of her father. b Rava said to him: /b We b require /b merely fulfillment of the verse: b “He formed it to be inhabited,” and there is /b fulfillment in this case, as the earth is inhabited by his descendants.,The Gemara comments: b In any event, everyone /b agrees that if one has b two /b grandchildren b from one /b child, b no, /b he has not fulfilled the mitzva to be fruitful and multiply, even if he has both a grandson and a granddaughter. The Gemara asks: b And /b has he b not? Didn’t the Rabbis say to Rav Sheshet: Marry a woman and have sons, /b as you have not yet fathered any sons, b and /b Rav Sheshet b said to them: The sons of my daughter are my sons? /b This indicates that one can fulfill the mitzva through grandchildren even if he did not have a son and daughter of his own.,The Gemara answers: b There, /b Rav Sheshet b was /b merely b putting them off. /b The real reason he did not want to get remarried was b because Rav Sheshet became impotent from Rav Huna’s discourse. /b Rav Huna’s discourses were so lengthy that Rav Sheshet became impotent after waiting for so long without relieving himself., b Rabba said to Rava bar Mari: From where is this matter that the Sages stated /b derived, that b grandchildren are /b considered b like children? If we say /b it is derived b from /b the fact b that it is written /b in Laban’s speech to Jacob: b “The daughters are my daughters and the children are my children” /b (Genesis 31:43), which indicates that Jacob’s children were also considered to be the children of their grandfather Laban, b if /b that is b so, /b does the continuation of Laban’s statement: b “And the flocks are my flocks” /b (Genesis 31:43), indicate that b so too, /b Jacob’s flocks were considered as belonging to Laban? b Rather, /b Laban was saying b that you, /b Jacob, b acquired /b them b from me. Here too, /b with regard to the children, Laban was saying: b You acquired /b them b from me, /b i.e., it is only due to me that you have children., b Rather, /b the proof is b from here: “And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead…and she bore him Segub” /b (I Chronicles 2:21), b and it is written: “Out of Machir came down governors” /b (Judges 5:14), b and it is written: “Judah is my governor” /b (Psalms 60:9). Consequently, the governors, who were from the tribe of Judah, were also called the sons of Machir, who was from the tribe of Manasseh. This must be because they were the children of Machir’s daughter and Hezron, indicating that grandchildren are considered like children.,§ The Gemara comments: b The mishna is not in accordance with /b the opinion of b Rabbi Yehoshua. As it is taught in a /b i baraita /i that b Rabbi Yehoshua says: /b If b a man married a woman in his youth, /b and she passed away, b he should marry /b another b woman in his old age. /b If b he had children in his youth, he should have /b more b children in his old age, as it is stated: “In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening do not withhold your hand; for you do not know which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether they both alike shall be good” /b (Ecclesiastes 11:6). This verse indicates that a man should continue having children even after he has fulfilled the mitzva to be fruitful and multiply., b Rabbi Akiva says /b that the verse should be understood as follows: If one b studied Torah in his youth he should study /b more b Torah in his old age; /b if b he had students in his youth he should have /b additional b students in his old age, as it is stated: “In the morning sow your seed, etc.” They said /b by way of example that b Rabbi Akiva had twelve thousand pairs of students /b in an area of land that stretched b from Gevat to Antipatris /b in Judea, b and they all died in one period /b of time, b because they did not treat each other with respect. /b , b And the world was desolate /b of Torah b until Rabbi Akiva came to our Rabbis in the South and taught /b his Torah b to them. /b This second group of disciples consisted of b Rabbi Meir, Rabbi Yehuda, Rabbi Yosei, Rabbi Shimon, and Rabbi Elazar ben Shamua. And these are the very ones /b who b upheld /b the study of b Torah at that time. /b Although Rabbi Akiva’s earlier students did not survive, his later disciples were able to transmit the Torah to future generations.,With regard to the twelve thousand pairs of Rabbi Akiva’s students, the Gemara adds: It is b taught /b that b all of them died /b in the period b from Passover until i Shavuot /i . Rav Ḥama bar Abba said, and some say /b it was b Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Avin: They all died a bad death. /b The Gemara inquires: b What is it /b that is called a bad death? b Rav Naḥman said: Diphtheria. /b , b Rav Mattana said: The i halakha /i is in accordance with /b the opinion of b Rabbi Yehoshua, /b who said that one must attempt to have more children even if he has already fulfilled the mitzva to be fruitful and multiply.,§ Apropos the discussion with regard to the mitzva to have children, the Gemara cites statements about marriage in general. b Rabbi Tanḥum said /b that b Rabbi Ḥanilai said: Any man who does not have a wife is /b left b without joy, without blessing, without goodness. /b He proceeds to quote verses to support each part of his statement. He is b without joy, as it is written: “And you shall rejoice, you and your household” /b (Deuteronomy 14:26), which indicates that the a man is in a joyful state only when he is with his household, i.e., his wife. He is b without blessing, as it is written: “To cause a blessing to rest in your house” /b (Ezekiel 44:30), which indicates that blessing comes through one’s house, i.e., one’s wife. He is b without goodness, as it is written: “It is not good that man should be alone” /b (Genesis 2:18), i.e., without a wife., b In the West, /b Eretz Yisrael, they b say: /b One who lives without a wife is left b without Torah, /b and b without a wall /b of protection. He is b without Torah, as it is written: “Is it that I have no help in me, and that sound wisdom is driven from me?” /b (Job 6:13), indicating that one who does not have a wife lacks sound wisdom, i.e., Torah. He is b without a wall, as it is written: “A woman shall go round a man” /b (Jeremiah 31:21), similar to a protective wall., b Rava bar Ulla said: /b One who does not have a wife is left b without peace, as it is written: “And you shall know that your tent is in peace; and you shall visit your habitation and shall miss nothing” /b (Job 5:24). This indicates that a man has peace only when he has a tent, i.e., a wife.,On the same verse, b Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: Whoever knows that his wife fears Heaven /b and she desires him, b and he does not visit her, /b i.e., have intercourse with her, is b called a sinner, as it is stated: And you shall know that your tent is in peace; /b and you shall visit your habitation. b And Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: A man is obligated to visit his wife /b for the purpose of having intercourse b when he /b is about to b depart on a journey, as it is stated: “And you shall know that your tent is in peace, etc.” /b ,The Gemara asks: Is b this /b last statement b derived from here? /b It is b derived from there: “And your desire shall be to your husband” /b (Genesis 3:16), which b teaches that a wife desires her husband when he is about to depart on a journey. Rav Yosef said: /b The additional derivation cited by Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi b is necessary only near /b the time of b her set pattern, /b i.e., when she expects to begin experiencing menstrual bleeding. Although the Sages generally prohibited intercourse at this time due to a concern that the couple might have intercourse after she begins bleeding, if he is about to depart on a journey he must have intercourse with her.,The Gemara asks: b And how much /b before the expected onset of menstrual bleeding is considered near the time of her set pattern? b Rava said: An interval /b of time, i.e., half a daily cycle, either a day or a night. The Gemara comments: b And this /b statement that a man must have intercourse with his wife before he departs on a journey b applies /b only if he is traveling b for an optional matter, but /b if he is traveling in order to attend b to a matter /b pertaining to a b mitzva, /b he is not required to have intercourse with his wife so that he not become b preoccupied /b and neglect the mitzva.,§ b The Sages taught: /b One b who loves his wife as /b he loves b himself, and who honors her more than himself, and who instructs his sons and daughters in an upright path, and who marries them off near the time /b when b they /b reach maturity, b about him the verse states: And you shall know that your tent is in peace. /b As a result of his actions, there will be peace in his home, as it will be devoid of quarrel and sin. One b who loves his neighbors, and who draws his relatives close, and who marries the daughter of his sister, /b a woman he knows and is fond of as a family relative and not only as a wife, |
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| 10. Anon., Tabulae Pompeianae Sulpiciorum, 1, 10, 100-109, 11, 110-119, 12, 120-127, 13-19, 2, 20-29, 3, 30-39, 4, 40-49, 5, 50-59, 6, 61-69, 7, 70-79, 8, 80-89, 9, 90-99, 60 Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Bruun and Edmondson (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy, 673 |
| 11. Epigraphy, Cil, 6.266, 6.9214, 6.9801, 6.10154, 6.10234, 6.10298, 6.33862, 6.36819, 14.2112 Tagged with subjects: •fullers, fullones and fulleries Found in books: Bruun and Edmondson (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy, 481, 673 |
| 12. Epigraphy, Ils, 7212-7213, 7500 Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Bruun and Edmondson (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy, 673 |
| 13. Epigraphy, T. Pomp, 10, 100-109, 11, 110-119, 12, 120-129, 13, 130-139, 14, 140-149, 15, 150-153, 16-19, 2, 20-29, 3, 30-39, 4, 40-49, 5, 50-59, 6, 60-69, 7, 70-79, 8, 80-89, 9, 90-99, 1 Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Bruun and Edmondson (2015), The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy, 673 |
