Talmud zu Bamidbar 5:24

HALAKHAH: “He gives her to drink and after that he sacrifices her offering,” etc. What is the reason of the rabbis? “They shall come into her⁴⁷Num. 5:24: “The curse-water shall come into her as a bitter one.” This is written before the description of the presentation of the flour offering in v. 25..” What is the reason of Rebbi Simeon? “After that he shall give to the woman to drink⁴⁵Num. 5:27..” How does Rebbi Simeon explain the rabbis’ reason, “they shall come into her”? All of them, not part only⁴⁸She has to drink the rather small amount of water completely. How do the rabbis explain Rebbi Simeon’s reason, “after that he shall give the water to the woman to drink”? Against her will, without her agreement⁴⁹Cf. Mishnah 3. In the Babli, 19b, this is the position of the rabbis.. Rebbi Simeon agrees with the rabbis that if he gave her to drink and after that presented her offering, it is valid. The rabbis agree with Rebbi Simeon that if he presented her offering and after that gave her to drink, it is valid⁵⁰This statement is not in the Babli. As Tosaphot (19a, s. v. ואחר) points out, the Babli does not object.. What is the difference between them? The commandment. The rabbis say that the flour offering checks her out⁵¹In the Babli, 20b, this is given as R. Simeon’s reason to require sacrificing the offering before the drink. but Rebbi Simeon says, the water is⁵²Reading אִין as הֵן, equivalent of Babylonian אִינּוּן “they are”. Instead of אין, the Rome ms. has היו. The past tense does not agree with the rest of the text; it should be rejected. Note that there also exists a Babylonian אִין, equal to הֵן “yes”. what checks her out. What is the reason of the Sages? “A flour offering of remembrance remembering iniquity⁵³Num. 5:15..” What is the reason of Rebbi Simeon? “They shall come into her^47,Num. 5:24: “The curse-water shall come into her as a bitter one.” This is written before the description of the presentation of the flour offering in v. 25.⁵⁴The same explanationas anonymous text in Sifry Num. 18; copied in Num. rabba 9(18)..” How do the rabbis explain Rebbi Simeon’s reason, “they shall come into her”? This teaches that it shakes all her limbs⁵⁵Cf. Mishnah 4.. How does Rebbi Simeon explain the rabbis’ reason, “a flour offering of remembrance remembering iniquity”? This teaches that all iniquities she has committed are remembered at that time⁵⁶Before the Heavenly Court which decides about the water’s action..