1. Hebrew Bible, Psalms, 129.1-129.2 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with mesopotamian christians Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 94| 129.1. "שִׁיר הַמַּעֲלוֹת רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרַי יֹאמַר־נָא יִשְׂרָאֵל׃", 129.2. "רַבַּת צְרָרוּנִי מִנְּעוּרָי גַּם לֹא־יָכְלוּ לִי׃", | 129.1. "A Song of Ascents. 'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up', Let Israel now say;", 129.2. "'Much have they afflicted me from my youth up; But they have not prevailed against me.", |
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2. Hebrew Bible, Deuteronomy, 18.14 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 186| 18.14. "כִּי הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵלֶּה אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה יוֹרֵשׁ אוֹתָם אֶל־מְעֹנְנִים וְאֶל־קֹסְמִים יִשְׁמָעוּ וְאַתָּה לֹא כֵן נָתַן לְךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ׃", | 18.14. "For these nations, that thou art to dispossess, hearken unto soothsayers, and unto diviners; but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.", |
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3. Hebrew Bible, Jeremiah, 10.2, 17.1 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 112, 113, 185| 10.2. "כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה אֶל־דֶּרֶךְ הַגּוֹיִם אַל־תִּלְמָדוּ וּמֵאֹתוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם אַל־תֵּחָתּוּ כִּי־יֵחַתּוּ הַגּוֹיִם מֵהֵמָּה׃", 10.2. "אָהֳלִי שֻׁדָּד וְכָל־מֵיתָרַי נִתָּקוּ בָּנַי יְצָאֻנִי וְאֵינָם אֵין־נֹטֶה עוֹד אָהֳלִי וּמֵקִים יְרִיעוֹתָי׃", 17.1. "אֲנִי יְהוָה חֹקֵר לֵב בֹּחֵן כְּלָיוֹת וְלָתֵת לְאִישׁ כדרכו [כִּדְרָכָיו] כִּפְרִי מַעֲלָלָיו׃", 17.1. "חַטַּאת יְהוּדָה כְּתוּבָה בְּעֵט בַּרְזֶל בְּצִפֹּרֶן שָׁמִיר חֲרוּשָׁה עַל־לוּחַ לִבָּם וּלְקַרְנוֹת מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶם׃", | 10.2. "thus saith the LORD: Learn not the way of the nations, And be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; For the nations are dismayed at them.", 17.1. "The sin of Judah is written With a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond; It is graven upon the tablet of their heart, And upon the horns of your altars.", |
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4. Hebrew Bible, Isaiah, 65.5 (8th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 167| 65.5. "הָאֹמְרִים קְרַב אֵלֶיךָ אַל־תִּגַּשׁ־בִּי כִּי קְדַשְׁתִּיךָ אֵלֶּה עָשָׁן בְּאַפִּי אֵשׁ יֹקֶדֶת כָּל־הַיּוֹם׃", | 65.5. "That say: ‘Stand by thyself, come not near to me, for I am holier than thou’; these are a smoke in My nose, a fire that burneth all the day. .", |
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5. Hebrew Bible, Ezekiel, 3.9 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 112, 113| 3.9. "כְּשָׁמִיר חָזָק מִצֹּר נָתַתִּי מִצְחֶךָ לֹא־תִירָא אוֹתָם וְלֹא־תֵחַת מִפְּנֵיהֶם כִּי בֵּית־מְרִי הֵמָּה׃", | 3.9. "As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead; fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house.’", |
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6. Hebrew Bible, Zechariah, 7.11-7.12 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 112, 113| 7.11. "וַיְמָאֲנוּ לְהַקְשִׁיב וַיִּתְּנוּ כָתֵף סֹרָרֶת וְאָזְנֵיהֶם הִכְבִּידוּ מִשְּׁמוֹעַ׃", 7.12. "וְלִבָּם שָׂמוּ שָׁמִיר מִשְּׁמוֹעַ אֶת־הַתּוֹרָה וְאֶת־הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַח יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת בְּרוּחוֹ בְּיַד הַנְּבִיאִים הָרִאשֹׁנִים וַיְהִי קֶצֶף גָּדוֹל מֵאֵת יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת׃", | 7.11. "But they refused to attend, and turned a stubborn shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they might not hear.", 7.12. "Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by His spirit by the hand of the former prophets; therefore came there great wrath from the LORD of hosts.", |
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| 7. Anon., Testament of Solomon, 5.1-5.5, 10.4-10.7, 15.7-15.12, 20.1-20.17 (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112 |
8. Philo of Alexandria, On The Life of Moses, 2.36-2.40 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with mesopotamian christians Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 92 | 2.36. They judged this place to be the most suitable of all the spots in the neighbourhood for them to enjoy quiet and tranquillity in, so that they might associate with the laws alone in their minds; and there they remained, and having taken the sacred scriptures, they lifted up them and their hands also to heaven, entreating of God that they might not fail in their object. And he assented to their prayers, that the greater part, or indeed the universal race of mankind might be benefited, by using these philosophical and entirely beautiful commandments for the correction of their lives. 2.37. Therefore, being settled in a secret place, and nothing even being present with them except the elements of nature, the earth, the water, the air, and the heaven, concerning the creation of which they were going in the first place to explain the sacred account; for the account of the creation of the world is the beginning of the law; they, like men inspired, prophesied, not one saying one thing and another another, but every one of them employed the self-same nouns and verbs, as if some unseen prompter had suggested all their language to them. 2.38. And yet who is there who does not know that every language, and the Greek language above all others, is rich in a variety of words, and that it is possible to vary a sentence and to paraphrase the same idea, so as to set it forth in a great variety of manners, adapting many different forms of expression to it at different times. But this, they say, did not happen at all in the case of this translation of the law, but that, in every case, exactly corresponding Greek words were employed to translate literally the appropriate Chaldaic words, being adapted with exceeding propriety to the matters which were to be explained; 2.39. for just as I suppose the things which are proved in geometry and logic do not admit any variety of explanation, but the proposition which was set forth from the beginning remains unaltered, in like manner I conceive did these men find words precisely and literally corresponding to the things, which words were alone, or in the greatest possible degree, destined to explain with clearness and force the matters which it was desired to reveal. 2.40. And there is a very evident proof of this; for if Chaldaeans were to learn the Greek language, and if Greeks were to learn Chaldaean, and if each were to meet with those scriptures in both languages, namely, the Chaldaic and the translated version, they would admire and reverence them both as sisters, or rather as one and the same both in their facts and in their language; considering these translators not mere interpreters but hierophants and prophets to whom it had been granted it their honest and guileless minds to go along with the most pure spirit of Moses. |
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9. New Testament, Matthew, 10.1, 10.5-10.8, 23.4 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 75, 172| 10.1. Καὶ προσκαλεσάμενος τοὺς δώδεκα μαθητὰς αὐτοῦ ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν πνευμάτων ἀκαθάρτων ὥστε ἐκβάλλειν αὐτὰ καὶ θεραπεύειν πᾶσαν νόσον καὶ πᾶσαν μαλακίαν. 10.5. Τούτους τοὺς δώδεκα ἀπέστειλεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς παραγγείλας αὐτοῖς λέγων Εἰς ὁδὸν ἐθνῶν μὴ ἀπέλθητε, καὶ εἰς πόλιν Σαμαρειτῶν μὴ εἰσέλθητε· 10.6. πορεύεσθε δὲ μᾶλλον πρὸς τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ. 10.7. πορευόμενοι δὲ κηρύσσετε λέγοντες ὅτι Ἤγγικεν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν. 10.8. ἀσθενοῦντας θεραπεύετε, νεκροὺς ἐγείρετε, λεπροὺς καθαρίζετε, δαιμόνια ἐκβάλλετε· δωρεὰν ἐλάβετε, δωρεὰν δότε. 23.4. δεσμεύουσιν δὲ φορτία βαρέα καὶ ἐπιτιθέασιν ἐπὶ τοὺς ὤμους τῶν ἀνθρώπων, αὐτοὶ δὲ τῷ δακτύλῳ αὐτῶν οὐ θέλουσιν κινῆσαι αὐτά. | 10.1. He called to himself his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every sickness. 10.5. Jesus sent these twelve out, and charged them, saying, "Don't go among the Gentiles, and don't enter into any city of the Samaritans. 10.6. Rather, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 10.7. As you go, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!' 10.8. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give. 23.4. For they bind heavy burdens that are grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not lift a finger to help them. |
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10. New Testament, Mark, 3.15, 6.7 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 75| 3.15. καὶ ἔχειν ἐξουσίαν ἐκβάλλειν τὰ δαιμόνια· 6.7. Καὶ προσκαλεῖται τοὺς δώδεκα, καὶ ἤρξατο αὐτοὺς ἀποστέλλειν δύο δύο, καὶ ἐδίδου αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τῶν πνευμάτων τῶν ἀκαθάρτων, | 3.15. and to have authority to heal sicknesses and to cast out demons: 6.7. He called to himself the twelve, and began to send them out two by two; and he gave them authority over the unclean spirits. |
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11. New Testament, Luke, 9.1, 18.10-18.12 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 75, 172| 9.1. Συνκαλεσάμενος δὲ τοὺς δώδεκα ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς δύναμιν καὶ ἐξουσίαν ἐπὶ πάντα τὰ δαιμόνια καὶ νόσους θεραπεύειν, 18.10. Ἄνθρωποι δύο ἀνέβησαν εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν προσεύξασθαι, εἷς Φαρισαῖος καὶ ὁ ἕτερος τελώνης. 18.11. ὁ Φαρισαῖος σταθεὶς ταῦτα πρὸς ἑαυτὸν προσηύχετο Ὁ θεός, εὐχαριστῶ σοι ὅτι οὐκ εἰμὶ ὥσπερ οἱ λοιποὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἅρπαγες, ἄδικοι, μοιχοί, ἢ καὶ ὡς οὗτος ὁ τελώνης· 18.12. νηστεύω δὶς τοῦ σαββάτου, ἀποδεκατεύω πάντα ὅσα κτῶμαι. | 9.1. He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases. 18.10. "Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. 18.11. The Pharisee stood and prayed to himself like this: 'God, I thank you, that I am not like the rest of men, extortioners, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 18.12. I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.' |
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12. Mishnah, Sanhedrin, 2.2 (1st cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 28| 2.2. "הַמֶּלֶךְ לֹא דָן וְלֹא דָנִין אוֹתוֹ, לֹא מֵעִיד וְלֹא מְעִידִין אוֹתוֹ, לֹא חוֹלֵץ וְלֹא חוֹלְצִין לְאִשְׁתּוֹ. לֹא מְיַבֵּם וְלֹא מְיַבְּמִין לְאִשְׁתּוֹ. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אִם רָצָה לַחֲלֹץ אוֹ לְיַבֵּם, זָכוּר לָטוֹב. אָמְרוּ לוֹ, אֵין שׁוֹמְעִין לוֹ. וְאֵין נוֹשְׂאִין אַלְמָנָתוֹ. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, נוֹשֵׂא הַמֶּלֶךְ אַלְמָנָתוֹ שֶׁל מֶלֶךְ, שֶׁכֵּן מָצִינוּ בְדָוִד שֶׁנָּשָׂא אַלְמָנָתוֹ שֶׁל שָׁאוּל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שמואל ב יב) וָאֶתְּנָה לְךָ אֶת בֵּית אֲדֹנֶיךָ וְאֶת נְשֵׁי אֲדֹנֶיךָ בְּחֵיקֶךָ: \n", | 2.2. "The king can neither judge nor be judged, he cannot testify and others cannot testify against him. He may not perform halitzah, nor may others perform halitzah for his wife. He may not contract levirate marriage nor may his brothers contract levirate marriage with his wife. Rabbi Judah says: “If he wished to perform halitzah or to contract levirate marriage his memory is a blessing.” They said to him: “They should not listen to him.” None may marry his widow. Rabbi Judah says: “The king may marry the widow of a king, for so have we found it with David, who married the widow of Saul, as it says, “And I gave you my master’s house and my master’s wives into your embrace” (II Samuel 12:8).", |
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13. Josephus Flavius, Jewish Antiquities, 13.398-13.404, 14.168-14.177 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 28, 169 | 13.398. 5. After this, king Alexander, although he fell into a distemper by hard drinking, and had a quartan ague, which held him three years, yet would not leave off going out with his army, till he was quite spent with the labors he had undergone, and died in the bounds of Ragaba, a fortress beyond Jordan. 13.399. But when his queen saw that he was ready to die, and had no longer any hopes of surviving, she came to him weeping and lamenting, and bewailed herself and her sons on the desolate condition they should be left in; and said to him, “To whom dost thou thus leave me and my children, who are destitute of all other supports, and this when thou knowest how much ill-will thy nation bears thee?” 13.400. But he gave her the following advice: That she need but follow what he would suggest to her, in order to retain the kingdom securely, with her children: that she should conceal his death from the soldiers till she should have taken that place; 13.401. after this she should go in triumph, as upon a victory, to Jerusalem, and put some of her authority into the hands of the Pharisees; for that they would commend her for the honor she had done them, and would reconcile the nation to her for he told her they had great authority among the Jews, both to do hurt to such as they hated, and to bring advantages to those to whom they were friendly disposed; 13.402. for that they are then believed best of all by the multitude when they speak any severe thing against others, though it be only out of envy at them. And he said that it was by their means that he had incurred the displeasure of the nation, whom indeed he had injured. 13.403. “Do thou, therefore,” said he, “when thou art come to Jerusalem, send for the leading men among them, and show them my body, and with great appearance of sincerity, give them leave to use it as they themselves please, whether they will dishonor the dead body by refusing it burial, as having severely suffered by my means, or whether in their anger they will offer any other injury to that body. Promise them also that thou wilt do nothing without them in the affairs of the kingdom. 13.404. If thou dost but say this to them, I shall have the honor of a more glorious funeral from them than thou couldst have made for me; and when it is in their power to abuse my dead body, they will do it no injury at all, and thou wilt rule in safety.” So when he had given his wife this advice, he died, after he had reigned twenty-seven years, and lived fifty years within one. 14.168. 4. Upon Hyrcanus hearing this, he complied with them. The mothers also of those that had been slain by Herod raised his indignation; for those women continued every day in the temple, persuading the king and the people that Herod might undergo a trial before the Sanhedrim for what he had done. 14.169. Hyrcanus was so moved by these complaints, that he summoned Herod to come to his trial for what was charged upon him. Accordingly he came; but his father had persuaded him to come not like a private man, but with a guard, for the security of his person; and that when he had settled the affairs of Galilee in the best manner he could for his own advantage, he should come to his trial, but still with a body of men sufficient for his security on his journey, yet so that he should not come with so great a force as might look like terrifying Hyrcanus, but still such a one as might not expose him naked and unguarded [to his enemies.] 14.170. However, Sextus Caesar, president of Syria, wrote to Hyrcanus, and desired him to clear Herod, and dismiss him at his trial, and threatened him beforehand if he did not do it. Which epistle of his was the occasion of Hyrcanus delivering Herod from suffering any harm from the Sanhedrim, for he loved him as his own son. 14.171. But when Herod stood before the Sanhedrim, with his body of men about him, he affrighted them all, and no one of his former accusers durst after that bring any charge against him, but there was a deep silence, and nobody knew what was to be done. 14.172. When affairs stood thus, one whose name was Sameas, a righteous man he was, and for that reason above all fear, rose up, and said, “O you that are assessors with me, and O thou that art our king, I neither have ever myself known such a case, nor do I suppose that any one of you can name its parallel, that one who is called to take his trial by us ever stood in such a manner before us; but every one, whosoever he be, that comes to be tried by this Sanhedrim, presents himself in a submissive manner, and like one that is in fear of himself, and that endeavors to move us to compassion, with his hair dishevelled, and in a black and mourning garment: 14.173. but this admirable man Herod, who is accused of murder, and called to answer so heavy an accusation, stands here clothed in purple, and with the hair of his head finely trimmed, and with his armed men about him, that if we shall condemn him by our law, he may slay us, and by overbearing justice may himself escape death. 14.174. Yet do not I make this complaint against Herod himself; he is to be sure more concerned for himself than for the laws; but my complaint is against yourselves, and your king, who gave him a license so to do. However, take you notice, that God is great, and that this very man, whom you are going to absolve and dismiss, for the sake of Hyrcanus, will one day punish both you and your king himself also.” 14.175. Nor did Sameas mistake in any part of this prediction; for when Herod had received the kingdom, he slew all the members of this Sanhedrim, and Hyrcanus himself also, excepting Sameas, 14.176. for he had a great honor for him on account of his righteousness, and because, when the city was afterward besieged by Herod and Sosius, he persuaded the people to admit Herod into it; and told them that for their sins they would not be able to escape his hands:—which things will be related by us in their proper places. 14.177. 5. But when Hyrcanus saw that the members of the Sanhedrim were ready to pronounce the sentence of death upon Herod, he put off the trial to another day, and sent privately to Herod, and advised him to fly out of the city, for that by this means he might escape. |
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| 14. Pliny The Elder, Natural History, 2.5.23 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 198 |
| 15. Bardaisan, Book of The Laws of The Countries, None (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 187, 188 |
16. Apuleius, The Golden Ass, 11.15, 11.25.2 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 188 | 11.15. “O my friend Lucius, after the enduring so many labors and escaping so many tempests of fortune, you have at length come to the port and haven of rest and mercy. Your noble linage, your dignity, your education, or any thing else did not avail you. But you have endured so many servile pleasures due to the folly of youth. Thusly you have had an unpleasant reward for your excessive curiosity. But however the blindness of Fortune has tormented you in various dangers, so it is now that, unbeknownst to her, you have come to this present felicity. Let Fortune go and fume with fury in another place. Let her find some other matter on which to execute her cruelty. Fortune has no power against those who serve and honor our goddess. What good did it do her that you endured thieves, savage beasts, great servitude, dangerous waits, long journeys, and fear of death every day? Know that now you are safe and under the protection of her who, by her clear light, brightens the other gods. Wherefore rejoice and take a countece appropriate to your white garment. Follow the parade of this devout and honorable procession so that those who do not worship the goddess may see and acknowledge their error. Behold Lucius, you are delivered from so great miseries by the providence of the goddess Isis. Rejoice therefore and triumph in the victory over fortune. And so that you may live more safe and sure, make yourself one of this holy order. Dedicate your mind to our religion and take upon yourself the voluntary yoke of ministry. And when you begin to serve and honor the goddess, then you shall feel the fruit of your liberty.” |
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| 17. Palestinian Talmud, Taanit, None (2nd cent. CE - 5th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 147 |
| 18. Palestinian Talmud, Sotah, None (2nd cent. CE - 5th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 172 |
| 19. Palestinian Talmud, Sanhedrin, None (2nd cent. CE - 5th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with mesopotamian christians Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 52 |
| 20. Palestinian Talmud, Berachot, None (2nd cent. CE - 5th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 172 |
| 21. Irenaeus, Refutation of All Heresies, 3.21.2-3.21.3 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with mesopotamian christians Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 92 |
| 22. Tatian, Oration To The Greeks, 8.1 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 188 |
23. Clement of Alexandria, Excerpts From Theodotus, 78, 74 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 188 | 74. Therefore the Lord came down bringing the peace which is from heaven to those on earth, as the Apostle says, 'Peace on the earth and glory in the heights.' Therefore a strange and new star arose doing away with the old astral decree, shining with a new unearthly light, which revolved on a new path of salvation, as the Lord himself, men's guide, who came down to earth to transfer from Fate to his providence those who believed in Christ. |
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24. Anon., Genesis Rabba, 44.12 (2nd cent. CE - 5th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 185| 44.12. וַיּוֹצֵא אֹתוֹ הַחוּצָה (בראשית טו, ה), רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ דְּסִכְנִין בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי לֵוִי וְכִי מִחוּץ לָעוֹלָם הוֹצִיאוֹ, שֶׁאָמַר הַכָּתוּב: וַיּוֹצֵא אֹתוֹ הַחוּצָה, אֶלָּא אַחְוֵי לֵיהּ שׁוֹקְקֵי שְׁמַיָא, הֵיךְ מָה דְאַתְּ אָמַר (משלי ח, כו): עַד לֹא עָשָׂה אֶרֶץ וְחוּצוֹת, אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן הֶעֱלָה אוֹתוֹ לְמַעְלָה מִכִּפַּת הַרָקִיעַ, הוּא דְּאָמַר לֵיהּ (בראשית טו, ה): הַבֶּט נָא הַשָּׁמַיְמָה, אֵין הַבָּטָה אֶלָּא מִלְּמַעְלָה לְמַטָּה. רַבָּנָן אָמְרֵי נָבִיא אַתְּ וְאֵין אַתְּ אַסְטְרוֹלוֹגוֹס, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית כ, יז): וְעַתָּה הָשֵׁב אֵשֶׁת הָאִישׁ כִּי נָבִיא הוּא. בִּימֵי יִרְמְיָהוּ בִּקְּשׁוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל לָבוֹא לִידֵי מִדָּה זוֹ, וְלֹא הִנִּיחַ לָהֶם הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב (ירמיה י, ב): כֹּה אָמַר ה' אֶל דֶּרֶךְ הַגּוֹיִם אַל תִּלְמָדוּ וּמֵאֹתוֹת הַשָּׁמַיִם אַל תֵּחָתּוּ וגו', כְּבָר אַבְרָהָם אֲבִיכֶם בִּקֵּשׁ לָבוֹא לִידֵי מִדָּה זוֹ וְלֹא הִנַּחְתִּי אוֹתוֹ. וְאָמַר רַבִּי לֵוִי עַד דְּסַנְדְּלָא בְּרַגְלִיךְ דְּרִיס כּוּבָא, וְכָל מִי שֶׁהוּא נָתוּן לְמַטָּה מֵהֶם הוּא מִתְיָרֵא מֵהֶם, אֲבָל אַתְּ שֶׁאַתְּ נָתוּן לְמַעְלָה מֵהֶם דָּיְישֵׁם. רַבִּי יוּדָן בְּשֵׁם רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר אָמַר שְׁלשָׁה דְבָרִים מְבַטְּלִים גְּזֵרוֹת רָעוֹת, וְאֵלּוּ הֵם, תְּפִלָּה וּצְדָקָה וּתְשׁוּבָה, וּשְׁלָשְׁתָּן נֶאֶמְרוּ בְּפָסוּק אֶחָד, הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב (דברי הימים ב ז, יד): וְיִכָּנְעוּ עַמִּי אֲשֶׁר נִקְרָא שְׁמִי עֲלֵיהֶם וְיִתְפַּלְּלוּ, זוֹ תְּפִלָּה. (דברי הימים ב ז, יד): וִיבַקְּשׁוּ פָנַי, הֲרֵי צְדָקָה, כְּמָא דְאַתְּ אָמַר (תהלים יז, טו): אֲנִי בְּצֶדֶק אֶחֱזֶה פָנֶיךָ. (דברי הימים ב ז, יד): וְיָשֻׁבוּ מִדַּרְכֵיהֶם הָרָעִים, זוֹ תְּשׁוּבָה, וְאַחַר כָּךְ (דברי הימים ב ז, יד) וְאֶסְלַח לְחַטָּאתָם וְאֶרְפָּא אֶת אַרְצָם. רַבִּי הוּנָא בַּר רַב יוֹסֵף אָמַר אַף שִׁנּוּי שֵׁם וּמַעֲשֶׂה טוֹב, שִׁנּוּי הַשֵּׁם, מֵאַבְרָהָם (בראשית יז, ה): וְלֹא יִקָּרֵא עוֹד אֶת שִׁמְךָ אַבְרָם. מַעֲשֶׂה טוֹב, מֵאַנְשֵׁי נִינְוֵה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (יונה ג, י): וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת מַעֲשֵׂיהֶם כִּי שָׁבוּ וגו'. וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים אַף שִׁנּוּי מָקוֹם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (בראשית יב, א): וַיֹּאמֶר ה' אֶל אַבְרָם לֶךְ לְךָ. רַבִּי מוּנָא אָמַר אַף הַתַּעֲנִית, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (תהלים כ, ב): יַעַנְךָ ה' בְּיוֹם צָרָה וגו'. רָבָא בַּר מַחְסֵיָא וְרַבִּי חָמָא בֶּן גּוּרְיוֹן בְּשֵׁם רַב אָמַר יָפָה תַּעֲנִית לַחֲלוֹם כָּאֵשׁ בִּנְעֹרֶת. אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף וּבוֹ בַּיּוֹם, וַאֲפִלּוּ בְּשַׁבָּת. | |
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25. Babylonian Talmud, Qiddushin, None (3rd cent. CE - 6th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east •rabbis, babylonian, connections with mesopotamian christians Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 9| 81b. תיב שפיר אמר ליה הבו לי כסא יהבו ליה כסא אכמר שדא ביה כיחו נחרו ביה שקא ומית שמעו דהוו קאמרי פלימו קטל גברא פלימו קטל גברא ערק וטשא נפשיה בבית הכסא אזיל בתריה נפל קמיה כי דחזייה דהוה מצטער גלי ליה נפשיה אמר ליה מאי טעמא אמרת הכי ואלא היכי אימא אמר ליה לימא מר רחמנא נגער ביה בשטן,רבי חייא בר אשי הוה רגיל כל עידן דהוה נפל לאפיה הוה אמר הרחמן יצילנו מיצר הרע יומא חד שמעתינהו דביתהו אמרה מכדי הא כמה שני דפריש ליה מינאי מאי טעמא קאמר הכי,יומא חדא הוה קא גריס בגינתיה קשטה נפשה חלפה ותנייה קמיה אמר לה מאן את אמרה אנא חרותא דהדרי מיומא תבעה אמרה ליה אייתי ניהליה להך רומנא דריש צוציתא שוור אזל אתייה ניהלה,כי אתא לביתיה הוה קא שגרא דביתהו תנורא סליק וקא יתיב בגויה אמרה ליה מאי האי אמר לה הכי והכי הוה מעשה אמרה ליה אנא הואי לא אשגח בה עד דיהבה ליה סימני אמר לה אנא מיהא לאיסורא איכווני כל ימיו של אותו צדיק היה מתענה עד שמת באותה מיתה,דתניא (במדבר ל, יג) אישה הפרם וה' יסלח לה במה הכתוב מדבר באשה שנדרה בנזיר ושמע בעלה והפר לה והיא לא ידעה שהפר לה בעלה והיתה שותה יין ומטמאה למתים,רבי עקיבא כי הוה מטי להאי פסוקא הוה בכי אמר ומה מי שנתכוין לאכול בשר חזיר ועלה בידו בשר טלה אמרה תורה צריכה כפרה וסליחה מי שנתכוין לאכול בשר חזיר ועלה בידו בשר חזיר על אחת כמה וכמה,כיוצא בדבר אתה אומר (ויקרא ה, יז) ולא ידע ואשם ונשא עונו כשהיה רבי עקיבא מגיע לפסוק זה היה בוכה ומה מי שנתכוין לאכול שומן ועלה בידו חלב אמרה תורה ולא ידע ואשם ונשא עונו מי שנתכוין לאכול חלב ועלה בידו חלב על אחת כמה וכמה איסי בן יהודה אומר ולא ידע ואשם ונשא עונו על דבר זה ידוו כל הדווים,מתייחד אדם עם אמו אמר רב יהודה אמר רב אסי מתייחד אדם עם אחותו ודר עם אמו ועם בתו כי אמרה קמיה דשמואל אמר אסור להתייחד עם כל עריות שבתורה ואפילו עם בהמה,תנן מתייחד אדם עם אמו ועם בתו וישן עמהם בקירוב בשר ותיובתא דשמואל אמר לך שמואל וליטעמיך הא דתניא אחותו וחמותו ושאר כל עריות שבתורה אין מתייחד עמהם אלא בעדים בעדים אין שלא בעדים לא,אלא תנאי היא דתניא אמר רבי מאיר הזהרו בי מפני בתי אמר רבי טרפון הזהרו בי מפני כלתי ליגלג עליו אותו תלמיד אמר רבי אבהו משום רבי חנינא בן גמליאל לא היו ימים מועטים עד שנכשל אותו תלמיד בחמותו,אפילו עם בהמה אביי מכלליה מכולה דברא רב ששת מעבר ליה מצרא רב חנן מנהרדעא איקלע לרב כהנא לפום נהרא חזייה דיתיב וקא גרס וקיימא בהמה קמיה אמר ליה לא סבר לה מר אפילו עם בהמה אמר ליה לאו אדעתאי,אמר רבא מתייחד אדם עם שתי יבמות ועם שתי צרות עם אשה וחמותה עם אשה ובת בעלה עם אשה ותינוקת שיודעת טעם ביאה ואין מוסרת עצמה לביאה,הגדילו זה ישן בכסותו וכו' וכמה אמר רב אדא בר רב עזא אמר רב אסי תינוקת בת תשע שנים ויום אחד תינוק בן שתים עשרה שנה ויום אחד איכא דאמרי תינוקת בת שתים עשרה שנה ויום אחד תינוק בן שלש עשרה ויום אחד וזה וזה כדי שיהיו (יחזקאל טז, ז) שדים נכונו ושערך צמח,אמר רפרם בר פפא א"ר חסדא לא שנו אלא שאינה בושה לעמוד לפניו ערום אבל בושה לעמוד לפניו ערום אסור מאי טעמא יצר אלבשה,רב אחא בר אבא איקלע לבי רב חסדא חתניה שקליה לבת ברתיה אותבוה בכנפיה אמר ליה לא סבר לה מר דמקדשא אמר ליה עברת לך אדרב דאמר רב יהודה אמר רב ואיתימא רבי אלעזר אסור לאדם שיקדש את בתו כשהיא קטנה עד שתגדיל ותאמר בפלוני אני רוצה מר נמי עבר ליה אדשמואל דאמר שמואל אין משתמשים באשה אמר ליה אנא כאידך דשמואל סבירא לי דאמר שמואל | 81b. b Sit properly /b and do not act in a revolting manner. Satan then b said to him: Give me a cup. They gave him a cup. He coughed up his phlegm and spat it into /b the cup. b They berated him /b for acting this way, at which point Satan pretended to b sink /b down b and die. They heard /b people around them b saying: Peleimu killed a man! Peleimu killed a man! /b Peleimu b fled and hid himself in the bathroom. /b Satan b followed him /b and b fell before him. Upon seeing that /b Peleimu b was suffering, he revealed himself to him. /b Satan b said to him: What is the reason that you spoke this way, /b provoking me by saying: An arrow in the eye of Satan? He replied: b But what then should I say? /b Satan b said to him: Let the Master, /b i.e., Peleimu, b say: /b Let b the Merciful One rebuke the Satan. /b ,The Gemara relates: b Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Ashi was accustomed to say, whenever he would fall on his face /b in prayer: b May the Merciful One save us from the evil inclination. One day his wife heard him /b saying this prayer. b She said: After all, it has been several years since he has withdrawn from /b engaging in intercourse with b me /b due to his advanced years. b What is the reason that he says this /b prayer, as there is no concern that he will engage in sinful sexual behavior?, b One day, /b while b he was studying in his garden, she adorned herself and repeatedly walked past him. He said: Who are you? She said: I am Ḥaruta, /b a well-known prostitute, b returning from my day /b at work. b He propositioned her. She said to him: Give me that pomegranate from the top of the tree /b as payment. b He leapt up, went, /b and b brought it to her, /b and they engaged in intercourse., b When he came home, his wife was lighting /b a fire in the b oven. He went and sat inside it. She said to him: What is this? He said to her: Such and such an incident /b occurred; he told her that he engaged in intercourse with a prostitute. b She said to him: It was I. He paid no attention to her, /b thinking she was merely trying to comfort him, b until she gave him signs /b that it was indeed she. b He said to her: I, in any event, intended to transgress. /b The Gemara relates: b All the days of that righteous man he would fast /b for the transgression he intended to commit, b until he died by that death /b in his misery.,The Gemara explains the source that one who intended to transgress is punished even though he did not actually sin. b As it is taught /b in a i baraita /i concerning a husband who nullified the vow of his wife: b “Her husband has made them null; and the Lord will forgive her” /b (Numbers 30:13). b With regard to what /b case b is the verse speaking? /b Why would the woman require forgiveness if her husband has nullified her vow? It is referring b to a woman who vowed /b to b be a nazirite, and her husband heard and nullified her /b vow. b And she did not know that her husband had nullified her /b vow, b and she drank wine and contracted impurity from a corpse, /b violating her presumed vow.,The Gemara relates: b When Rabbi Akiva came to this verse he would cry. He said: And if /b with regard to b one who intended to eat pork, and /b kosher b lamb came up in his hand, /b like this woman who intended to violate her vow but in fact did not, b the Torah /b nevertheless b says: She requires atonement and forgiveness, all the more so /b does b one who intended to eat pork and pork came up in his hand /b require atonement and forgiveness., b In a similar manner, you /b can b say /b that the same lesson can be derived from the verse: b “Though he know it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity” /b (Leviticus 5:17). b When Rabbi Akiva came to this verse he would cry. /b He said: b And if /b with regard to b one who intended to eat /b permitted b fat, and /b forbidden b fat /b mistakenly b came up in his hand, the Torah states: “Though he know it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity,” all the more so /b is this true for b one who intended to eat /b forbidden b fat and /b forbidden b fat came up in his hand. Isi ben Yehuda says /b with regard to the verse b “Though he know it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity”: With regard to this matter all sufferers shall grieve, /b since the verse teaches that one is punished even for sinning unawares.,§ The mishna teaches that b a man may be secluded with his mother. Rav Yehuda says /b that b Rav Asi says: A man may be secluded with his sister, and live with his mother or with his daughter /b in a permanent arrangement, without concern. b When he said this before Shmuel, /b the latter b said: It is prohibited to be secluded with all those with whom relations are forbidden by the Torah, and even with an animal, /b as it is prohibited to engage in intercourse with an animal as well., b We learned /b in the mishna: b A man may be secluded with his mother, and with his daughter, and sleep alongside them with bodily contact, and /b this appears to be b a conclusive refutation of /b the statement of b Shmuel. /b The Gemara answers: b Shmuel /b could have b said to you: And according to your reasoning, /b how should one explain b that which is taught /b in a i baraita /i : With regard to b his sister, and his mother-in-law, and all those with whom relations are forbidden, /b including his mother and daughter, b one may be secluded with them only /b in the presence b of witnesses, /b from which it can be inferred: In the presence b of witnesses, yes; without /b the presence b of witnesses, no. /b This i baraita /i supports the opinion of Shmuel that one may not be secluded with his mother or sister., b Rather, /b it b is /b a dispute between b i tanna’im /i /b as to whether one may be secluded with his mother or sister. b As it is taught /b in a i baraita /i : b Rabbi Meir said: Be careful with me because of my daughter, /b i.e., make sure I am not left secluded with her. Similarly, b Rabbi Tarfon said: Be careful with me because of my daughter-in-law. A certain student mocked him /b for being wary of the possibility of sinning with his daughter-in-law. b Rabbi Abbahu said in the name of Rabbi Ḥanina ben Gamliel: Not many days passed until that student stumbled /b into sin b with his mother-in-law. /b ,The Gemara stated that according to Shmuel it is prohibited for one to be alone b even with an animal. /b The Gemara relates: b Abaye removed /b the animals b from the entire field /b he was in. b Rav Sheshet transferred /b the animals to the other side b of the fence. Rav Ḥa from Neharde’a happened /b to come b to Rav Kahana in Pum Nahara. He saw that /b he b was sitting and studying, and an animal was standing before him. /b Rav Ḥa b said to him: Doesn’t the Master hold /b that one may not be secluded b even with an animal? /b Rav Kahana b said to him: It /b did b not /b enter b my mind /b that an animal was before me., b Rava says: A man may be secluded with two sisters-in-law and with two rival wives, /b i.e., two women who share a husband; b with a woman and her mother-in-law; /b and b with a woman and her husband’s daughter. /b Since these women typically dislike each other, each fears that the other will publicize her sins, and they will be careful not to transgress. Similarly, a man may be secluded b with a woman and a girl who knows the meaning of sexual intercourse, /b i.e., one who is old enough to understand the nature of intercourse, b but /b is still young enough that b she does not submit herself to intercourse, /b since she does not yet desire it. In such a situation, the woman is concerned that the child will reveal her behavior.,§ The mishna teaches that b when /b one’s children b have grown up, this one sleeps in his garment /b and that one sleeps in her garment, but they may share a bed. The Gemara asks: b And how /b old must a child be to be considered grown up for the purposes of this i halakha /i ? b Rav Adda bar Rav Azza says /b that b Rav Asi says: A girl /b must reach the b age /b of b nine years and one day; a boy /b must reach the b age /b of b twelve years and one day. There are /b those b who say: A girl /b must reach the b age /b of b twelve years and one day; a boy /b must reach the b age /b of b thirteen /b years b and one day. And /b according to b this and that, /b according to both opinions, the girl is considered a child b until /b she has reached the stage of: b “Your breasts were fashioned, and your hair was grown” /b (Ezekiel 16:7), meaning the onset of puberty., b Rafram bar Pappa says /b that b Rav Ḥisda says: They taught /b that a man may sleep in close proximity to his minor daughter b only if she is not ashamed to stand naked before him, but /b if she is b ashamed to stand naked before him, it is prohibited /b for him to sleep close to her, regardless of her age. b What is the reason? /b It is that the b inclination has a hold upon her, /b as otherwise she would not be ashamed.,The Gemara relates: b Rav Aḥa bar Abba arrived at the house of Rav Ḥisda, his son-in-law. He took his daughter’s daughter and placed her on his lap. /b Rav Ḥisda b said to him: Doesn’t the Master think that she /b might already be b betrothed? /b Rav Aḥa b said to him: /b If that is true, b you have transgressed /b the ruling b of Rav, as Rav Yehuda says /b that b Rav says, and some say /b it was said by b Rabbi Elazar: It is prohibited for a man to betroth his daughter when she is a minor, until she grows up and says: I want /b to marry b so-and-so, /b as otherwise she might reject the designated husband and ultimately sin by committing adultery. Rav Ḥisda replied: b The Master has likewise transgressed /b the words b of Shmuel. As Shmuel says: One may not make use of a woman, /b so how can you hold her on your lap? b He said to him: I hold in accordance with another /b statement b of Shmuel, as Shmuel says: /b |
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27. Babylonian Talmud, Sotah, None (3rd cent. CE - 6th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 164, 167, 169| 22b. ועד כמה עד ארבעין שנין איני והא רבה אורי בשוין,ומכות פרושין וכו' ת"ר שבעה פרושין הן פרוש שיכמי פרוש נקפי פרוש קיזאי פרוש מדוכיא פרוש מה חובתי ואעשנה פרוש מאהבה פרוש מיראה,פרוש שיכמי זה העושה מעשה שכם פרוש נקפי זה המנקיף את רגליו פרוש קיזאי א"ר נחמן בר יצחק זה המקיז דם לכתלים פרוש מדוכיא אמר רבה בר שילא דמשפע כי מדוכיא,פרוש מה חובתי ואעשנה הא מעליותא היא אלא דאמר מה חובתי תו ואעשנה,פרוש מאהבה פרוש מיראה אמרו ליה אביי ורבא לתנא לא תיתני פרוש מאהבה פרוש מיראה דאמר רב יהודה אמר רב לעולם יעסוק אדם בתורה ובמצות אפי' שלא לשמה שמתוך שלא לשמה בא לשמה,אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק דמטמרא מטמרא ודמגליא מגליא בי דינא רבה ליתפרע מהני דחפו גונדי אמר לה ינאי מלכא לדביתיה אל תתיראי מן הפרושין ולא ממי שאינן פרושין אלא מן הצבועין שדומין לפרושין שמעשיהן כמעשה זמרי ומבקשין שכר כפנחס, big strongמתני׳ /strong /big ר"ש אומר אין זכות תולה במים המרים ואם אתה אומר הזכות תולה במים המאררין מדהה אתה את המים בפני כל הנשים השותות ומוציא אתה שם רע על הטהורות ששתו שאומרים טמאות הן אלא שתלתה להן זכות רבי אומר הזכות תולה במים המאררים ואינה יולדת ואינה משבחת אלא מתנוונה והולכת לסוף היא מתה באותה מיתה,נטמאת מנחתה עד שלא קדשה בכלי הרי היא ככל המנחות ותפדה ואם משקדשה בכלי הרי היא ככל המנחות ותשרף ואלו שמנחותיהן נשרפות | 22b. b And until when /b is it considered too premature for a scholar to issue halakhic rulings? It is b until forty years. /b The Gemara asks: b Is that so? But didn’t Rabba issue rulings, /b even though he lived for only forty years? The Gemara answers: It is permitted for a scholar who has not studied for so long to issue rulings b when /b his knowledge reaches the level of the foremost scholar in his city and b they are equals. /b ,§ It states in the mishna: b And those who injure /b themselves out of false b abstinence [ i perushin /i ] /b are people who erode the world. b The Sages taught: There are seven /b pseudo- b righteous /b people who erode the world: The b righteous of Shechem, /b the self- b flagellating righteous, /b the b bloodletting righteous, /b the b pestle /b -like b righteous, /b the b righteous /b who say: Tell me b what my obligation /b is b and I will perform it, /b those who are b righteous due to love, /b and those who are b righteous due to fear. /b ,The Gemara explains: The b righteous of Shechem [ i shikhmi /i ]; this is /b one b who performs /b actions comparable to the b action /b of the people of b Shechem, /b who agreed to circumcise themselves for personal gain (see Genesis, chapter 34); so too, he behaves righteously only in order to be honored. The self- b flagellating righteous; this is /b one b who injures his feet, /b as he walks slowly, dragging his feet on the ground in an attempt to appear humble, and injures his feet in the process. The b bloodletting righteous; Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak says /b that b this is /b one b who lets blood /b by banging his head b against the walls /b because he walks with his eyes shut, ostensibly out of modesty. The b pestle /b -like b righteous; Rabba bar Sheila says /b that this is one b who /b walks b bent over like /b the b pestle /b of a mortar.,With regard to the b righteous /b one who says: Tell me b what my obligation /b is b and I will perform it, /b the Gemara asks: b Isn’t this virtuous /b behavior, as he desires to be aware of his obligations? b Rather, /b this is referring to one b who says: /b Tell me b what further obligations /b are incumbent b upon me and I will perform them, /b indicating that he fulfills all of his mitzvot perfectly and therefore seeks additional obligations.,The i baraita /i also includes in the list of pseudo-righteous people those who are b righteous due to love /b and those who are b righteous due to fear, /b i.e., one who performs mitzvot due to love of their reward or due to fear of punishment. b Abaye and Rava said to the i tanna /i /b who transmitted this i baraita /i : b Do not teach /b in the i baraita /i : Those who are b righteous due to love /b and those who are b righteous due to fear, as Rav Yehuda says /b that b Rav says: A person should always engage in Torah /b study b and in /b performance of b the mitzvot even if /b he does b not /b do so b for their own sake, as through /b performing them b not for their own sake, /b one b comes /b to perform them b for their own sake. /b , b Rav Naḥman bar Yitzḥak said: /b That b which is hidden is hidden, and /b that b which is revealed is revealed, /b but in Heaven everything is known, and b the great court /b in Heaven b will exact payment from those who wear the cloak /b of the righteous but are in fact unworthy. The Gemara relates: b King Yannai said to his wife /b before he died: b Do not be afraid of the Pharisees [ i perushin /i ], and neither /b should you fear b from those who are not Pharisees, /b i.e., the Sadducees; b rather, /b beware b of the hypocrites who appear like Pharisees, as their actions are like the act of /b the wicked b Zimri and they request /b a b reward like /b that of the righteous b Pinehas /b (see Numbers, chapter 25)., strong MISHNA: /strong b Rabbi Shimon says: Merit does not delay /b the punishment b of the bitter water /b of a i sota /i , b and if you say /b that b merit does delay /b the punishment b of the water that causes the curse, /b as stated earlier by the Rabbis (20a), b you weaken [ i madhe /i ] /b the power of b the /b bitter b water before all the women who drink /b the water, who will no longer be afraid of it, as they will rely on their merit to save them. b And you defame the untainted women who drank /b the water and survived, b as /b people b say: They are defiled but /b it is their b merit that delayed /b the punishment b for them. Rabbi /b Yehuda HaNasi b says: Merit delays /b the punishment b of the water that causes the curse, but /b a woman whose punishment is delayed b does not give birth and does not flourish; rather, she progressively deteriorates. Ultimately she dies by the same death /b as a i sota /i who dies immediately.,§ If b the meal-offering /b of the i sota /i b is rendered impure before it has been sanctified in the /b service b vessel, its /b status b is like /b that of b all the /b other b meal-offerings /b that are rendered impure before being sanctified in a service vessel, b and it is redeemed. But if /b it is rendered impure b after it has been sanctified in the /b service b vessel, its /b status b is like /b that of b all the /b other b meal-offerings /b that are rendered impure after being sanctified in a service vessel, b and it is burned. And these are /b the i sota /i women b whose meal-offerings are burned /b if they have already been sanctified in a service vessel: |
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29. Babylonian Talmud, Bava Batra, None (3rd cent. CE - 6th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 192| 98a. מבושם אני מוכר לך חייב להעמיד לו עד העצרת וישן משל אשתקד ומיושן משל ג' שנים:, big strongגמ׳ /strong /big אמר ר' יוסי בר' חנינא לא שנו אלא בקנקנים דלוקח אבל בקנקנים דמוכר אמר ליה הא חמרך והא קנקנך,וכי קנקנין דמוכר מאי הוי לימא ליה לא איבעי לך לשהויי לא צריכא דאמר ליה למקפה,ומאי דוחקיה דר' יוסי בר' חנינא לאוקמא למתניתין בקנקנין דלוקח ודאמר ליה למקפה לוקמא בקנקנין דמוכר ודלא אמר ליה למקפה,אמר רבא מתניתין קשיתיה דקתני אם ידוע שיינו מחמיץ הרי זה מקח טעות אמאי לימא ליה לא איבעי לך לשהויי אלא לאו שמע מינה דאמר ליה למקפה שמע מינה,ופליגא דרב חייא בר יוסף דאמר רב חייא בר יוסף חמרא מזלא דמריה גרים שנא' (חבקוק ב, ה) ואף כי היין בוגד גבר יהיר וגו',אמר רב מרי האי מאן דיהיר אפילו אאינשי ביתיה לא מיקבל שנא' (חבקוק ב, ה) גבר יהיר ולא ינוה מאי ולא ינוה בנוה שלו,א"ר יהודה אמר רב כל המתגאה בטלית של ת"ח ואינו ת"ח אין מכניסין אותו במחיצתו של הקב"ה כתיב הכא ולא ינוה וכתיב התם (שמות טו, יג) אל נוה קדשך,אמר רבא האי מאן דזבין ליה חביתא דחמרא לחנואה אדעתא לסבוייה ותקיף אפלגא או אתילתא דינא הוא דמקבל לה מיניה ולא אמרן אלא דלא שני בברזא אבל שני בברזא לא ולא אמרן אלא דלא מטא יומא דשוקא אבל מטא יומא דשוקא לא,ואמר רבא האי מאן דקביל חמרא אדעתא דממטי ליה לפרוותא דוול שפט ואדמטי התם זל דינא הוא דמקבל ליה,איבעיא להו הוה חלא מאי אמר ליה רב הלל לרב אשי כי הואן בי רב כהנא אמר לן חלא לא ודלא כר' יוסי בר' חנינא,ואיכא דאמרי אפילו חלא נמי מקבל כמאן כר' יוסי בר' חנינא:,ישן משל אשתקד כו': | 98a. that is b spiced, /b which is preserved and of lasting quality, that b I am selling to you, /b then b he bears /b ficial b responsibility to provide him /b with wine that will keep b until /b the festival of b i Shavuot /i . And /b if the seller said: I am selling you b old /b wine, he is responsible to provide wine b from the previous year. And /b if he said: I am selling you b aged /b wine, he is responsible to provide wine that is b from three years /b earlier., strong GEMARA: /strong b Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Ḥanina, says: /b When b they taught /b that the seller does not bear responsibility if the wine sours, that was b only /b if it soured while b in /b the b jugs of the buyer; but /b if it soured b in /b the b jugs of the seller, /b then the buyer b could say to him: This is your wine and this is your jug; /b take it and reimburse me. Since it soured while still in the original jugs, it was clearly flawed from the outset.,The Gemara asks: b But /b even b if /b the wine soured while in the b jugs of the seller, what of it? Let /b the seller b say /b to the buyer: b You should not have left it /b for so long after purchasing it; I should not be responsible just because you chose to do so. The Gemara answers: b No, /b this ruling is b necessary /b in a case where the buyer b had said to him /b that he was purchasing the wine b for cooking, /b in which case it is understood that he needs it to maintain its quality over a longer period of time, as only a small amount is used each time.,The Gemara asks: b And what impelled Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Ḥanina, to interpret the mishna as referring to /b a case where the wine soured while in the b jugs of the buyer, and where he had said to him /b that he wanted the wine b for cooking? /b Instead, b let him interpret it as referring to /b a case where the wine soured while in the b jugs of the seller, and /b to b where he had not said to him /b that he wanted the wine b for cooking. /b ,In explanation, b Rava said: The mishna was difficult for him, as it teaches /b in the following clause: b But if it is known /b of this seller b that his wine /b always b sours, then this /b sale b is a mistaken transaction. /b With regard to this clause one could ask: b Why /b is that so? b Let /b the seller b say to him: You should not have left it /b for so long after purchasing it. b Rather, isn’t it /b correct to b conclude from /b that clause b that /b the mishna is referring to a case b where /b the buyer b had said to him /b that he wants the wine b for cooking? /b The Gemara concludes: Yes, one can b conclude from it /b that this is so., b And /b Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Ḥanina, b disagrees /b with the opinion b of Rav Ḥiyya bar Yosef, as Rav Ḥiyya bar Yosef says: /b With regard to b wine, /b it is b the owner’s /b poor b fortune /b that b causes /b the wine to go sour, b as it is stated: “And moreover, wine is a treacherous dealer; /b the b haughty man /b abides not” (Habakkuk 2:5), which is interpreted to mean that the wine of a haughty man will betray him, as it will sour as a punishment for his arrogance. Accordingly, since the wine soured after the buyer purchased it, he cannot place the blame upon the seller.,The Gemara offers additional homiletic interpretations of the verse just cited. b Rav Mari said: One who is haughty is not accepted even by the members of his household, as it is stated: “The haughty man abides not” /b (Habakkuk 2:5). b What /b does the phrase b “abides [ i yinveh /i ] not” /b mean? It means that b even in his abode [ i naveh /i ], /b he is not accepted., b Rav Yehuda says /b that b Rav says: /b With regard to b anyone who glorifies himself /b by wearing b a garment of /b the style worn by b a Torah scholar, but /b in reality b he is not a Torah scholar, he will not be brought within the boundary of the Holy One, Blessed be He, /b in the World-to-Come. This is alluded to by the fact that it is b written /b in the verse b here: “Abides [ i yinveh /i ] not,” and /b the meaning of the word i yinveh /i may be derived from that which b is written /b in a verse b there: “To Your holy habitation [ i neveh /i ]” /b (Exodus 15:13)., b Rava says: /b In the case of b one who sells a barrel of wine to a shopkeeper with the understanding /b that the wine will be b for serving /b to the shopkeeper’s customers and that he will be liable to pay the seller only once the barrel is finished, b and /b the wine b spoiled /b when b one-half or one-third /b of the wine still remained, b the i halakha /i is that /b the seller must b accept /b back the remaining wine b from /b the shopkeeper, as the shopkeeper is liable to pay only for the wine that he sells. b And we stated this /b i halakha /i b only /b in a case b where /b the shopkeeper b had not switched the tap /b of the barrel; b but /b if b he had switched the tap, /b the seller does b not /b have to take the wine back and the shopkeeper must pay for it all. b And /b furthermore, b we stated this /b i halakha /i b only where /b the wine soured b before the market day arrived /b and the shopkeeper did not have the opportunity to sell the entire barrel; b but /b if the wine was still of good quality when b the market day arrived, /b then the seller does b not /b have to take the wine back., b And Rava says: /b In the case of a vintner who enters a business venture with another person who will sell the wine for him and afterward they will split the profits, then if b this /b middleman b who receives the wine /b to sell does so b with the understanding that he will bring it to the port of /b the city of b Vol Shefat /b and sell it only there, b and before he arrives there /b the b price /b of the wine b drops, the i halakha /i /b is b that /b the vintner must b accept /b the loss.,With regard to the previous case, b a dilemma was raised before /b the Sages: If the wine b becomes vinegar /b before he reaches Vol Shefat, b what /b is the i halakha /i ? b Rav Hillel said to Rav Ashi: When we were in the study hall of Rav Kahana, he said to us: /b If the wine becomes b vinegar, /b the vintner does b not /b have to accept the loss; b and /b this is b not in accordance with /b the opinion of b Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Ḥanina, /b who holds that as long as the wine is in the jug of the seller he is able to return it to the seller. The reason for this is that it is possible that the poor fortune of the middleman caused it to sour., b And there are /b those b who say /b that b even /b if the wine turns into b vinegar, /b the vintner must b also accept /b the loss. b In accordance with whose /b opinion is this? It is b in accordance with /b the opinion of b Rabbi Yosei, son of Rabbi Ḥanina. /b ,The mishna teaches: If the seller said: I am selling you b old /b wine, he is responsible to provide wine b from the previous year. /b And if he said: I am selling you aged wine, he is responsible to provide wine that is from three years earlier. |
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| 31. Babylonian Talmud, Gittin, None (3rd cent. CE - 6th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 122, 126, 205 |
32. Babylonian Talmud, Yevamot, None (3rd cent. CE - 6th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 192| 21b. דאורייתא היא דכתיב (ויקרא יח, טו) ערות כלתך לא תגלה אימא כלת בנו וכלת בנו יש לה הפסק והא תניא כלתו ערוה כלת בנו שניה וכן אתה אומר בבנו ובן בנו עד סוף כל הדורות אלא אימא כלת בתו,דאמר רב חסדא הא מילתא מגברא רבה שמיע לי ומנו רבי אמי לא אסרו כלה אלא מפני כלה ואמרו לי כלדאי מלפנא הוית,אמינא אי גברא רבה הוינא אסברא מדעתי אי מקרי דרדקי הוינא אשיילה מרבנן דאתו לבי כנישתא השתא סברתה מדעתי לא אסרו כלת בתו אלא משום כלת בנו,אמר ליה אביי לרבא אסברה לך כגון כלתה דבי בר ציתאי רב פפא אמר כגון כלתה דבי רב פפא בר אבא רב אשי אמר כגון כלתה דבי מרי בר איסק:,איבעיא להו אשת אחי האם מן האם מהו אשת אחי האב מן האם ואשת אחי האם מן האב דאיכא צד אב הוא דגזרו רבנן אבל היכא דליכא צד אב לא גזרו בהו רבנן או דלמא ל"ש,אמר רב ספרא היא גופה גזירה ואנן ניקום ונגזור גזירה לגזירה אמר רבא אטו כולהו לאו גזירה לגזירה נינהו אמו ערוה אם אמו שניה וגזרו על אם אביו משום אם אמו וטעמא מאי כולהו דבי אימא רבתי קרו ליה,אשת אביו ערוה אשת אבי אביו שניה וגזרו על אשת אבי אמו משום אשת אבי אביו וטעמא מאי כולהו דבי אבא רבה קרו ליה,אשת אחי האב מן האב ערוה אשת אחי האב מן האם שניה וגזרו על אשת אחי האם מן האב משום אשת אחי האב מן האם וטעמא מאי משום דכולהו דבי דודי קרי להו,מאי תא שמע דכי אתא רב יהודה בר שילא אמר אמרי במערבא כל שבנקבה ערוה בזכר גזרו על אשתו משום שניה,ואמר רבא וכללא הוא חמותו ערוה אשת חמיו מותרת בת חמותו ערוה אשת בן חמותו מותרת בת חמיו ערוה אשת בן חמיו מותרת חורגתו ערוה אשת חורגו מותרת בת חורגתו ערוה אשת בן חורגו מותרת,והא דרב יהודה בר שילא לאיתויי מאי לאו לאיתויי אשת אחי האם מן האם דכל שבנקבה ערוה בזכר גזרו אשתו משום שניה,מאי שנא הני ומאי שנא הא הא בחד קידושין מקרב לה הני עד דאיכא תרי קידושין לא מקרב להו,שלח ליה רב משרשיא מתוסנייא לרב פפי ילמדנו רבינו אשת אחי אבי האב ואחות אבי האב מהו מדלמטה ערוה למעלה נמי גזרו ביה או דלמא הא איתפליג דרתא,ת"ש מה הן שניות ולא קחשיב להו בהדייהו,תנא ושייר מאי שייר דהאי שייר שייר שניות דבי רבי חייא,אמימר אכשר באשת אחי אבי אביו ובאחות אבי אביו א"ל רב הלל לרב אשי לדידי חזיא לי שניות מר בריה דרבנא וכתיבן שיתסרי לאיסורא מאי לאו תמני דמתניתא ושית דבי רבי חייא והנך תרתי הא שיתסרי,ולטעמיך שיבסרי הויין דהא איכא אשת אחי האם מן האם דפשטינן לאיסורא הא לא קשיא | 21b. The Gemara asks: Is this relationship not forbidden b by Torah law? As it is written: “You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law” /b (Leviticus 18:15). The Gemara emends: b Say /b instead b his son’s daughter-in-law. /b The Gemara asks: b And does /b the prohibition against having a relationship with b his son’s daughter-in-law indeed have a conclusion? Isn’t it taught /b in a i baraita /i : b His daughter-in-law is a forbidden relation /b by Torah law, b his son’s daughter-in-law is a secondary /b forbidden b relation, and similarly, you say /b the daughter-in-law of b his son and /b the daughter-in-law of b his son’s son until the end of all generations /b are secondary forbidden relationships. b Rather, say /b instead that Rav was referring to b his daughter’s daughter-in-law. /b , b As Rav Ḥisda said: I heard this matter from a great man, and who was that /b great man? It was b Rabbi Ami, /b and he said: b They prohibited a daughter-in-law only due to /b the b daughter-in-law. /b Rav Ḥisda heard this in his youth but did not understand the meaning. b The Chaldean /b astrologers b said to me: You will be a teacher. /b ,Rav Ḥisda further said: b I said /b to myself: b If /b the astrologers meant that b I will become a great man /b and one who teaches the public, b I will /b certainly be able to b reason /b and understand this matter b with my knowledge. If /b the astrologers meant that b I will become the teacher of children, I will ask it of the Sages who come to the synagogue /b and in that way I will learn the meaning of Rabbi Ami’s teaching. b Now I understand /b the matter b on my own. /b Rabbi Ami meant: b They prohibited his daughter’s daughter-in-law only due to his son’s daughter-in-law, /b to avoid confusion between these daughters-in-law. The rabbinic decree prohibited one’s daughter’s daughter-in-law but did not extend to subsequent generations.,Various Sages proceed to give contemporary examples of families where the halakhic status of the daughters-in-law of the sons and the daughters-in-law of the daughters could be confused with each other. b Abaye said to Rava: I will explain to you /b with an example how one might become confused about these daughters-in-law. b For example, /b this would be possible in the case of b the daughter-in-law of the house of bar Tzitai, /b as there the children of the sons and the daughters of the same family lived together, and it was possible to confuse the halakhic status of the sons’ daughters-in-law and the daughters’ daughters-in-law. b Rav Pappa said: For example, the daughter-in-law of the house of Rav Pappa bar Abba. Rav Ashi said: For example, the daughter-in-law of the house of Mari bar Isak. /b ,§ b A dilemma was raised before /b the Sages: b What is /b the i halakha /i with regard to b the wife of /b one’s b mother’s maternal /b half b brother? /b The Gemara presents the different sides of the question: Both b the wife of /b one’s b father’s maternal /b half b brother and the wife of /b one’s b mother’s paternal /b half b brother contain /b some b aspect of a father, and /b perhaps b this /b is the reason that b the Sages enacted /b a prohibition. That is, they were both forbidden rabbinically to avoid confusion with the case of the wife of one’s father’s paternal half brother, who is forbidden by Torah law. b But /b in the case of the wife of one’s mother’s maternal half brother, b where there is no aspect of a father /b whatsoever, perhaps b the Sages did not make a decree? Or perhaps /b this case b is no different? /b , b Rav Safra said: She herself, /b the wife of the mother’s paternal half brother, b is /b forbidden b by rabbinic decree, /b and b will we /b then b proceed to issue a decree to /b prevent violation of b a decree? Rava said: Is that to say that all of these /b rabbinic decrees with regard to secondary relations b are not decrees /b to prevent violation of b a decree? /b For example, b his mother /b is b a forbidden relation /b by Torah law, and the Sages decreed that b his mother’s mother is a secondary /b forbidden b relationship. And they decreed /b that b his father’s mother /b is also a secondary forbidden relationship b due to his mother’s mother. And what is the reason? They are all called the house of the grandmother, /b and therefore people may confuse their halakhic status.,Rava continues: Similarly, b his father’s wife is a forbidden relation /b by Torah law, and the Sages decreed that b his father’s father’s wife is a secondary /b forbidden b relationship. And they decreed /b that b his mother’s father’s wife /b is also a secondary forbidden relationship b due to his father’s father’s wife. And what is the reason? They are all called the house of the grandfather. /b ,Also, b the wife of his father’s paternal /b half b brother, /b his uncle, who is mentioned explicitly in the Torah (Leviticus 18:16), b is a forbidden relation /b by Torah law, and the Sages decreed that b the wife of his father’s maternal /b half b brother is a secondary /b forbidden b relationship. And they decreed /b that b the wife of his mother’s paternal /b half b brother /b is also a secondary forbidden relationship b due to the wife of his father’s maternal /b half b brother. And what is the reason? /b It is b because they are all called the house of the uncle; /b it seems that in the realm of forbidden relations the Sages did issue decrees to prevent violation of a decree, and Rav Safra’s claim is incorrect.,If so, then b what is /b the i halakha /i in this case of the wife of his mother’s maternal half brother? b Come /b and b hear: As when Rav Yehuda bar Sheila came /b from Eretz Yisrael to Babylonia, b he said: In the West, /b Eretz Yisrael, b they say /b this principle: For b every female /b relative who is b a forbidden relation /b by Torah law, the Sages b decreed on the wife of /b the equivalent b male /b relative b due to /b her similarity to b a secondary /b forbidden b relationship. /b , b And Rava said: Is /b this really an established b principle? /b Isn’t b his mother-in-law a forbidden relation /b by Torah law, while b his father-in-law’s wife is permitted? /b Also, b his mother-in-law’s daughter is a forbidden relation /b by Torah law, as she is his wife’s sister, yet b his mother-in-law’s son’s wife is permitted. His father-in-law’s daughter is a forbidden relation /b by Torah law, yet b the wife of his father-in-law’s son is permitted. His stepdaughter is a forbidden relation /b by Torah law, yet b his stepson’s wife is permitted. His stepdaughter’s daughter, /b i.e., his wife’s granddaughter, b is a forbidden relation, /b yet b the wife of his stepson’s son is permitted. /b ,The Gemara continues: If so, b what did that /b statement of b Rav Yehuda bar Sheila come to include? /b Since his principle is not true in every case, it must be intended to include a specific i halakha /i . b Does it not come to include /b the case of b the wife of /b one’s b mother’s maternal /b half b brother, since /b for b every female /b relative b who is a forbidden relation /b by Torah law, such as his mother’s maternal half sister, the Sages b decreed on the wife of /b the equivalent b male /b relative, in this case his mother’s maternal half brother’s wife, b due to /b her similarity to b a secondary relation. /b ,The Gemara asks: b What is different /b with regard to b these /b cases, the wife of his father-in-law or the wife of his mother-in-law’s son, who are permitted, b and this /b case of the wife of a mother’s maternal half brother, who is prohibited? The Gemara answers: b This, /b the wife of a mother’s maternal half brother, b is related by a single act of betrothal. /b One’s mother’s brother is a blood relative, and his wife is therefore a secondary relation. In contrast, b these /b other cases with regard to which the Sages did not issue a decree b are related /b only b when there are two acts of betrothal. /b For example, one’s father-in-law is related to one through one’s marriage to his own wife, and his father in law’s wife is related to him through his father-in-law’s marriage.,§ b Rav Mesharshiyya from Tusneya sent /b a message b to Rav Pappi: Let our Master teach us: What is /b the i halakha /i with regard to b the wife of a father’s father’s brother and the sister of a father’s father? /b Did the Sages prohibit these as secondary forbidden relations? The Gemara presents the different sides of the dilemma: Since one generation b below is a forbidden relation, /b i.e., a father’s sister and the wife of a father’s paternal brother, who are both forbidden by Torah law, perhaps the Sages b also decreed /b about the women one generation b above. Or, perhaps the generations are separate /b and the women in the generation above are not considered to be forbidden relatives.,The Gemara attempts to answer: b Come /b and b hear /b from that i baraita /i cited above, which taught: b What are /b the b secondary /b forbidden b relationships /b that were prohibited? b And these /b women, i.e., the wife of one’s father’s father’s brother and the sister of his father’s father b were not reckoned among them. /b This implies that these women are permitted.,The Gemara replies that this is not conclusive. Perhaps the i tanna /i of the i baraita /i b taught /b some examples b and omitted /b other examples of secondary forbidden relations; i.e., perhaps the list is not exhaustive. The Gemara asks: b What /b else b did he omit that he omitted this? /b It cannot be that the i tanna /i had an exhaustive list except for one case. He either left out more than one case or he included all possible cases. The Gemara answers: b He omitted /b the list of b secondary /b forbidden b relationships /b that were enumerated by b the school of Rabbi Ḥiyya, /b which is listed later. Therefore, this i baraita /i is not conclusive, as the i tanna /i left out many cases.,The Gemara states that b Ameimar permitted the wife of one’s father’s father’s brother and the sister of one’s father’s father. Rav Hillel said to Rav Ashi, /b challenging Ameimar’s statement: b I myself saw /b a list of b secondary /b forbidden b relationships /b written by b Mar, son of Rabbana, and it was written /b there that b sixteen /b women b were forbidden. What, is it not /b that these sixteen must be the b eight /b cases listed b in the i baraita /i , and six from the school of Rabbi Ḥiyya, and these two /b cases of the wife of one’s father’s father’s brother and one’s father’s father’s sister, and b this /b totals b sixteen? /b ,Rav Ashi defended Ameimar’s opinion: b And according to your reasoning, /b Rav Hillel, that these cases should be included, b there are seventeen /b cases, b as there is /b the additional case of b the wife of a mother’s maternal /b half b brother, whose /b status b was resolved /b earlier, concluding b that she is forbidden. /b If it is as you say, then there should be seventeen cases. The Gemara answers on behalf of Rav Hillel: b This /b is b not difficult. /b |
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33. Babylonian Talmud, Kiddushin, None (3rd cent. CE - 6th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east •rabbis, babylonian, connections with mesopotamian christians Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 9 | 81b. b Sit properly /b and do not act in a revolting manner. Satan then b said to him: Give me a cup. They gave him a cup. He coughed up his phlegm and spat it into /b the cup. b They berated him /b for acting this way, at which point Satan pretended to b sink /b down b and die. They heard /b people around them b saying: Peleimu killed a man! Peleimu killed a man! /b Peleimu b fled and hid himself in the bathroom. /b Satan b followed him /b and b fell before him. Upon seeing that /b Peleimu b was suffering, he revealed himself to him. /b Satan b said to him: What is the reason that you spoke this way, /b provoking me by saying: An arrow in the eye of Satan? He replied: b But what then should I say? /b Satan b said to him: Let the Master, /b i.e., Peleimu, b say: /b Let b the Merciful One rebuke the Satan. /b ,The Gemara relates: b Rabbi Ḥiyya bar Ashi was accustomed to say, whenever he would fall on his face /b in prayer: b May the Merciful One save us from the evil inclination. One day his wife heard him /b saying this prayer. b She said: After all, it has been several years since he has withdrawn from /b engaging in intercourse with b me /b due to his advanced years. b What is the reason that he says this /b prayer, as there is no concern that he will engage in sinful sexual behavior?, b One day, /b while b he was studying in his garden, she adorned herself and repeatedly walked past him. He said: Who are you? She said: I am Ḥaruta, /b a well-known prostitute, b returning from my day /b at work. b He propositioned her. She said to him: Give me that pomegranate from the top of the tree /b as payment. b He leapt up, went, /b and b brought it to her, /b and they engaged in intercourse., b When he came home, his wife was lighting /b a fire in the b oven. He went and sat inside it. She said to him: What is this? He said to her: Such and such an incident /b occurred; he told her that he engaged in intercourse with a prostitute. b She said to him: It was I. He paid no attention to her, /b thinking she was merely trying to comfort him, b until she gave him signs /b that it was indeed she. b He said to her: I, in any event, intended to transgress. /b The Gemara relates: b All the days of that righteous man he would fast /b for the transgression he intended to commit, b until he died by that death /b in his misery.,The Gemara explains the source that one who intended to transgress is punished even though he did not actually sin. b As it is taught /b in a i baraita /i concerning a husband who nullified the vow of his wife: b “Her husband has made them null; and the Lord will forgive her” /b (Numbers 30:13). b With regard to what /b case b is the verse speaking? /b Why would the woman require forgiveness if her husband has nullified her vow? It is referring b to a woman who vowed /b to b be a nazirite, and her husband heard and nullified her /b vow. b And she did not know that her husband had nullified her /b vow, b and she drank wine and contracted impurity from a corpse, /b violating her presumed vow.,The Gemara relates: b When Rabbi Akiva came to this verse he would cry. He said: And if /b with regard to b one who intended to eat pork, and /b kosher b lamb came up in his hand, /b like this woman who intended to violate her vow but in fact did not, b the Torah /b nevertheless b says: She requires atonement and forgiveness, all the more so /b does b one who intended to eat pork and pork came up in his hand /b require atonement and forgiveness., b In a similar manner, you /b can b say /b that the same lesson can be derived from the verse: b “Though he know it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity” /b (Leviticus 5:17). b When Rabbi Akiva came to this verse he would cry. /b He said: b And if /b with regard to b one who intended to eat /b permitted b fat, and /b forbidden b fat /b mistakenly b came up in his hand, the Torah states: “Though he know it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity,” all the more so /b is this true for b one who intended to eat /b forbidden b fat and /b forbidden b fat came up in his hand. Isi ben Yehuda says /b with regard to the verse b “Though he know it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity”: With regard to this matter all sufferers shall grieve, /b since the verse teaches that one is punished even for sinning unawares.,§ The mishna teaches that b a man may be secluded with his mother. Rav Yehuda says /b that b Rav Asi says: A man may be secluded with his sister, and live with his mother or with his daughter /b in a permanent arrangement, without concern. b When he said this before Shmuel, /b the latter b said: It is prohibited to be secluded with all those with whom relations are forbidden by the Torah, and even with an animal, /b as it is prohibited to engage in intercourse with an animal as well., b We learned /b in the mishna: b A man may be secluded with his mother, and with his daughter, and sleep alongside them with bodily contact, and /b this appears to be b a conclusive refutation of /b the statement of b Shmuel. /b The Gemara answers: b Shmuel /b could have b said to you: And according to your reasoning, /b how should one explain b that which is taught /b in a i baraita /i : With regard to b his sister, and his mother-in-law, and all those with whom relations are forbidden, /b including his mother and daughter, b one may be secluded with them only /b in the presence b of witnesses, /b from which it can be inferred: In the presence b of witnesses, yes; without /b the presence b of witnesses, no. /b This i baraita /i supports the opinion of Shmuel that one may not be secluded with his mother or sister., b Rather, /b it b is /b a dispute between b i tanna’im /i /b as to whether one may be secluded with his mother or sister. b As it is taught /b in a i baraita /i : b Rabbi Meir said: Be careful with me because of my daughter, /b i.e., make sure I am not left secluded with her. Similarly, b Rabbi Tarfon said: Be careful with me because of my daughter-in-law. A certain student mocked him /b for being wary of the possibility of sinning with his daughter-in-law. b Rabbi Abbahu said in the name of Rabbi Ḥanina ben Gamliel: Not many days passed until that student stumbled /b into sin b with his mother-in-law. /b ,The Gemara stated that according to Shmuel it is prohibited for one to be alone b even with an animal. /b The Gemara relates: b Abaye removed /b the animals b from the entire field /b he was in. b Rav Sheshet transferred /b the animals to the other side b of the fence. Rav Ḥa from Neharde’a happened /b to come b to Rav Kahana in Pum Nahara. He saw that /b he b was sitting and studying, and an animal was standing before him. /b Rav Ḥa b said to him: Doesn’t the Master hold /b that one may not be secluded b even with an animal? /b Rav Kahana b said to him: It /b did b not /b enter b my mind /b that an animal was before me., b Rava says: A man may be secluded with two sisters-in-law and with two rival wives, /b i.e., two women who share a husband; b with a woman and her mother-in-law; /b and b with a woman and her husband’s daughter. /b Since these women typically dislike each other, each fears that the other will publicize her sins, and they will be careful not to transgress. Similarly, a man may be secluded b with a woman and a girl who knows the meaning of sexual intercourse, /b i.e., one who is old enough to understand the nature of intercourse, b but /b is still young enough that b she does not submit herself to intercourse, /b since she does not yet desire it. In such a situation, the woman is concerned that the child will reveal her behavior.,§ The mishna teaches that b when /b one’s children b have grown up, this one sleeps in his garment /b and that one sleeps in her garment, but they may share a bed. The Gemara asks: b And how /b old must a child be to be considered grown up for the purposes of this i halakha /i ? b Rav Adda bar Rav Azza says /b that b Rav Asi says: A girl /b must reach the b age /b of b nine years and one day; a boy /b must reach the b age /b of b twelve years and one day. There are /b those b who say: A girl /b must reach the b age /b of b twelve years and one day; a boy /b must reach the b age /b of b thirteen /b years b and one day. And /b according to b this and that, /b according to both opinions, the girl is considered a child b until /b she has reached the stage of: b “Your breasts were fashioned, and your hair was grown” /b (Ezekiel 16:7), meaning the onset of puberty., b Rafram bar Pappa says /b that b Rav Ḥisda says: They taught /b that a man may sleep in close proximity to his minor daughter b only if she is not ashamed to stand naked before him, but /b if she is b ashamed to stand naked before him, it is prohibited /b for him to sleep close to her, regardless of her age. b What is the reason? /b It is that the b inclination has a hold upon her, /b as otherwise she would not be ashamed.,The Gemara relates: b Rav Aḥa bar Abba arrived at the house of Rav Ḥisda, his son-in-law. He took his daughter’s daughter and placed her on his lap. /b Rav Ḥisda b said to him: Doesn’t the Master think that she /b might already be b betrothed? /b Rav Aḥa b said to him: /b If that is true, b you have transgressed /b the ruling b of Rav, as Rav Yehuda says /b that b Rav says, and some say /b it was said by b Rabbi Elazar: It is prohibited for a man to betroth his daughter when she is a minor, until she grows up and says: I want /b to marry b so-and-so, /b as otherwise she might reject the designated husband and ultimately sin by committing adultery. Rav Ḥisda replied: b The Master has likewise transgressed /b the words b of Shmuel. As Shmuel says: One may not make use of a woman, /b so how can you hold her on your lap? b He said to him: I hold in accordance with another /b statement b of Shmuel, as Shmuel says: /b |
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| 34. Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat, None (3rd cent. CE - 6th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 176, 177, 185, 186, 187, 188, 199 |
| 35. Babylonian Talmud, Megillah, None (3rd cent. CE - 6th cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east •rabbis, babylonian, connections with mesopotamian christians Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 80, 91, 92, 93 |
| 36. Nag Hammadi, The Testimony of Truth, 9.3 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE) Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 113, 114 |
37. Anon., Tanhuma, 18.14 Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 186, 187 | 18.14. "Because Miriam waited an hour for Moses, as it is said: i And his sister stood far off /i (Exod. 2:4), the Holy One, blessed be He, waited for her in the desert, with the clouds of glory, the Levites, and the priests, for seven days as is said; i And the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again /i (Num. 12:15). i For he had straightly sworn the children of Israel /i (Exod. 13:19). He had made his brothers swear that they would cause their sons, the children of Israel, to take a vow that they would bring his body out from Egypt. Why did he compel his brothers to vow rather than his own sons? He said to himself: If I impose this vow upon my sons, the Egyptians may not permit them to fulfill it. For if they should tell the Egyptians: “Our father brought his father out of the land,” they may reply: “Your father was a king, and therefore he forced his brothers to promise to do this.”", |
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| 38. Firmicus Maternus, Matheseos, 2.30.5 Tagged with subjects: •rabbis, babylonian, connections with east Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 188 |
| 39. Zosimus of Panoplis (Syriac Translation), “Mystery of The Nine Letters of Solomon”, None Tagged with subjects: •nan Found in books: Kalmin (2014), Migrating tales: the Talmud's narratives and their historical context, 114 |
