Bagian Terkait Kejadian 38:14

⁹This text is also in Soṭah 1:4, 1. 66 f., Notes 198–208. The variant readings from there are indicated by ס. To the sources indicated there one may add Gen. rabba 85(8) (in the name of R. Immi.) Rebbi Ḥizqiya in the name of Rebbi Aḥa: Rebbi used to explain three verses for praise. “She sat at the entrance to the double spring.” Is this possible? Even the most brazen whore would not do that. But she lifted her eyes to the door to which all hope is directed; she said before Him: Master of the universe, do not let me leave this house empty. Another explanation: “She sat at the entrance to the double spring;” she opened his eyes and told him, I am single and pure¹⁴The courts will not intervene in the monetary affairs of married couples. After the husband’s death, the liquidation of the husband’s estate is a legitimate object of the court’s attention.. “And Eli was very old; …, that they slept with.¹⁵This is confirmed in the Babli, 107a, but rejected as practice, 107b.” It is written “they bedded them¹⁶Our Mishnah reads “if somebody went overseas”, i. e., with the intent to return. In this version, the court will intervene in behalf of the married woman. But “if somebody left for overseas”, i. e., emigrated permanently, then the Mishnah only deals either with an abandoned wife or a widow, but not with a wife who expects her husband to return.”. Rebbi said, the women were bringing their nests¹⁷The oath required in the opinion of the High Priests’ sons. to become purified for their husbands and they were deferring the sacrifices; the verse counts it as if they had slept with them. Rebbi Tanḥuma said, that is what he scolds them for: “Why do you disregard my slaughter sacrifice and my flour sacrifice?” Could he remove them from the serious sin and scold them for the simple one? “His sons did not walk in his ways,” that they were taking tithe and judging. Rebbi Berekhiah said, a camel caravan was passing by, they neglected public needs and dealt in merchandise.

Rebbi Ḥizqiah in the name of Rebbi Aḥa: Rebbi Ḥiyya explains three verses as praise. ¹⁹⁸The parallel to the entire section is in Ketubot 13:1 (fol. 35b/c). A different version, in the name of other authors, in Babli 10b, Gen. rabba85(8). One of the Babli’s authors identifies the place as העינם (Jos. 15:34).“She sat at the entrance to the source.” Is that possible? Even the most depraved prostitute would not do that¹⁹⁹To try to sleep with a man not in a room.. But she lifted her eyes to the door to which all eyes are looking²⁰⁰Usually identified, cf. Berakhot4, Note 234.. She said before Him: Master of the Universe, let me not leave this family empty-handed. Another explanation, “at the entrance to the eyes”, that she opened his eyes saying, I am unmarried and pure. “And Eli was very old,²⁰¹1S. 2:22–23. The same explanation in Babli Šabbat 55b; more in detail Midrash Samuel 7(4).” “they would make them lie” is written²⁰²The masoretic text reads יִשְׁכְּבוּן [Eli’s sons] would lie [with the women assembled before the Tent]. A sacrifice of birds is required for a woman healed from prolonged flux to be permitted again to her husband (Lev. 15:29) and also for a woman after childbirth (Lev. 12:8).. That women would bring them their bird-sacrifices to be purified for their houses but since they were dragging their feet²⁰³Unnecessarily preventing them from sleeping with their husbands., the Holy One, praise to Him, found them guilty as if they had slept with them. Rebbi Tanḥuma said, here, he needles²⁰⁴Greek κεντρόω, cf. Berakhot 3, Note 96. them: ²⁰⁵1S. 2:29.“why do you disregard my slaughter-sacrifice and my flour-sacrifice?” If you say that they committed a serious crime, why should he absolve them from the serious crime and needle them for a minor one? ²⁰⁶1S. 8:3. Similar explanations in Babli Šabbat 56a.“But his sons did not follow in his ways and turned after lucre.” That they took tithe but remained judging²⁰⁷As Levites, Samuel’s sons were entitled to tithe. The Yerushalmi faults them for creating an appearance of conflict of interest; in the Babli, there is one opinion that they exacted tithes for themselves, when the farmer should have had full freedom to give the tithe to any Levite of his liking.. Rebbi Berekhia: A camel-caravan came by, they put aside the needs of Israel and were going and attending to business affairs²⁰⁸Greek πραγματεία “business, affairs, work”..