Talmud su Genesi 38:9
וַיֵּ֣דַע אוֹנָ֔ן כִּ֛י לֹּ֥א ל֖וֹ יִהְיֶ֣ה הַזָּ֑רַע וְהָיָ֞ה אִם־בָּ֨א אֶל־אֵ֤שֶׁת אָחִיו֙ וְשִׁחֵ֣ת אַ֔רְצָה לְבִלְתִּ֥י נְתָן־זֶ֖רַע לְאָחִֽיו׃
Ma Onàrr, conoscendo che la prole non sarebbe appartenuta a lui, quando aveva commercio colla moglie di suo fratello, lo rendeva infruttuoso, affine di non procurar prole a suo fratello.
Tractate Kallah Rabbati
BARAITHA.44K 19. Of him Scripture declares, Who knoweth the spirit of man whether it goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast whether it goeth downward to the earth. Who knoweth the spirit of man: these are the righteous who do not arouse themselves to masturbate. And the spirit of the beast: these are the wicked who arouse themselves and masturbate. Whoever arouses himself and masturbates forfeits his life, as it is stated, And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of the Lord; and He slew him also.
GEMARA. It has been taught: All the men of the generation of the Flood practised masturbation. There were astrologers among them who declared, ‘The world will last for not less than six thousand years. We will not beget children and will live [the whole duration of] the world’. Whereupon the Holy One, blessed be He, said to them, ‘You consider yourselves the principal [creatures of the universe]; behold I will uproot44a(44a) There is a play on words, ‘principal’ being עיקר and ‘uproot’ עוקר. your name so that you will not be included in the reckoning of the world’. Whence do we derive this?45That the generation of the Flood practised masturbation. Of Onan it is written, And it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled [shiḥeth] it on the ground,46Gen. 38, 9. that is, he excited himself by lustful thoughts and masturbated. And of the generation of the Flood it is written, For all flesh had corrupted [hishḥith] their way upon the earth.47ibid. VI, 12. The inference is drawn from the identity of the verbal root. Hence the corruption of that generation consisted in that evil practice. What did Er do?48That God slew him (ibid. XXXVIII, 7). [He acted] like Onan, and that is why it is written, and He slew him also.49The word also implies that he merited death for the same sin as his brother.
It has been taught: The name ‘Er read backwards has the meaning of ‘evil’ [ra‘]; similarly the name Noah read backwards has the meaning of ‘grace’ [ḥen].
GEMARA. It has been taught: All the men of the generation of the Flood practised masturbation. There were astrologers among them who declared, ‘The world will last for not less than six thousand years. We will not beget children and will live [the whole duration of] the world’. Whereupon the Holy One, blessed be He, said to them, ‘You consider yourselves the principal [creatures of the universe]; behold I will uproot44a(44a) There is a play on words, ‘principal’ being עיקר and ‘uproot’ עוקר. your name so that you will not be included in the reckoning of the world’. Whence do we derive this?45That the generation of the Flood practised masturbation. Of Onan it is written, And it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled [shiḥeth] it on the ground,46Gen. 38, 9. that is, he excited himself by lustful thoughts and masturbated. And of the generation of the Flood it is written, For all flesh had corrupted [hishḥith] their way upon the earth.47ibid. VI, 12. The inference is drawn from the identity of the verbal root. Hence the corruption of that generation consisted in that evil practice. What did Er do?48That God slew him (ibid. XXXVIII, 7). [He acted] like Onan, and that is why it is written, and He slew him also.49The word also implies that he merited death for the same sin as his brother.
It has been taught: The name ‘Er read backwards has the meaning of ‘evil’ [ra‘]; similarly the name Noah read backwards has the meaning of ‘grace’ [ḥen].
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