Midrash su Deuteronomio 22:14
וְשָׂ֥ם לָהּ֙ עֲלִילֹ֣ת דְּבָרִ֔ים וְהוֹצִ֥יא עָלֶ֖יהָ שֵׁ֣ם רָ֑ע וְאָמַ֗ר אֶת־הָאִשָּׁ֤ה הַזֹּאת֙ לָקַ֔חְתִּי וָאֶקְרַ֣ב אֵלֶ֔יהָ וְלֹא־מָצָ֥אתִי לָ֖הּ בְּתוּלִֽים׃
e implorare accuse sfrenate contro di lei, farle apparire un nome malvagio e dire: 'Ho preso questa donna e quando mi sono avvicinata a lei, non ho trovato in lei i segni della verginità';
Esther Rabbah
“Also, Vashti the queen made a women’s banquet in the royal palace of King Aḥashverosh” (Esther 1:9).
Rabbi Yehuda son of Rabbi Simon began: “My people, its oppressors are babes and women govern them” (Isaiah 3:12). “My people, its oppressors are babes [meolel]” – they are exacting with them, as you say: “Do to them [veolel lamo] as You did to me” (Lamentations 1:22).
Another interpretation: “Meolel” – they pick their unripe grapes [olelot]; that is what you say: “Your vineyard you shall not harvest completely [teolel]” (Leviticus 19:10). They come against them with false accusations [alilot]; that is what you say: “He made a false accusation [alilot devarim] against her” (Deuteronomy 22:14). Rabbi Yehuda son of Rabbi Simon said: There are [male] cult prostitutes among them; that is what you say: “There shall not be a cult prostitute from the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be a cult prostitute from the sons of Israel” (Deuteronomy 23:18); that is what you say: “They abused her [vayitallelu] all night”1The word vayitallelu is used to the refer to the raping of the concubine in Giva, showing that this word can refer to licentiousness. (Judges 19:25). “And women govern them” – four women assumed dominion in the world: Jezebel and Atalya from Israel, and Shemiramit and Vashti from the nations of the world.
Rabbi Yehuda son of Rabbi Simon began: “My people, its oppressors are babes and women govern them” (Isaiah 3:12). “My people, its oppressors are babes [meolel]” – they are exacting with them, as you say: “Do to them [veolel lamo] as You did to me” (Lamentations 1:22).
Another interpretation: “Meolel” – they pick their unripe grapes [olelot]; that is what you say: “Your vineyard you shall not harvest completely [teolel]” (Leviticus 19:10). They come against them with false accusations [alilot]; that is what you say: “He made a false accusation [alilot devarim] against her” (Deuteronomy 22:14). Rabbi Yehuda son of Rabbi Simon said: There are [male] cult prostitutes among them; that is what you say: “There shall not be a cult prostitute from the daughters of Israel, and there shall not be a cult prostitute from the sons of Israel” (Deuteronomy 23:18); that is what you say: “They abused her [vayitallelu] all night”1The word vayitallelu is used to the refer to the raping of the concubine in Giva, showing that this word can refer to licentiousness. (Judges 19:25). “And women govern them” – four women assumed dominion in the world: Jezebel and Atalya from Israel, and Shemiramit and Vashti from the nations of the world.
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4) This ("bird that may be eaten") tells me only of a bird. Whence do I derive (that this refers also to) an animal? From (the juxtaposition) "animal or bird that may be eaten." "animal" connotes any number of animals, whether many or few. "bird" connotes any number of birds, whether many or few — whence they ruled: If he slaughtered a hundred animals in one place, he may use one covering for all; a hundred birds in one place, he may use one covering for all. Animals and birds in one place, he may use one covering for all. R. Yehudah says: If he slaughtered an animal, he should cover (the blood) and then slaughter the bird, it being written "animal or bird that may be eaten." They said to him: But is it not already written (Devarim 22:14) "for the soul of all flesh, its blood is in its soul!"
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7) "and he shall pour out … and he shall cover": With what he slaughtered (i.e., with his hand or with his knife), he shall cover. Whence is it derived (that if he did not cover it), others, too, are required to do so? From (Devarim 22:14) "For the life of all flesh, its blood is in its soul, and I have said to the children of Israel, etc."
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