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Talmud su Osea 4:11

זְנ֛וּת וְיַ֥יִן וְתִיר֖וֹשׁ יִֽקַּֽח־לֵֽב׃

La prostituzione, il vino e il vino nuovo tolgono il cuore.

Jerusalem Talmud Ketubot

She has no claim to wine since poor Jewish women do not drink wine249And the rules are written only for the poor; Tosephta 5:8; Babli 64b.. Do rich women drink? Did we not state: It happened that the Sages assigned to Martha bat Boethos250The paradigm of a rich widow; cf. Yebamot 6:4, Note 75. two se‘ah of wine every day. How can the court assign wine251Let a woman drink wine in the absence of a husband. The Babli, 65a, approves of not more than one cup of wine per meal.? Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Ada said, because of “Whoring, wine, and cider will destroy the mind.252Hosea 4:11. It is inferred that drinking wine induces sexual desires.” But did we not state: ”If she was nursing, one reduces the amount of her work and increases her food”? Rebbi Joshua ben Levi said wine, for it increases the milk253The same statement is in the Babli, 65b.. Rebbi Ḥizqiah, Rebbi Abbahu in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan: Also254The original scribe wrote אין which by the first corrector was changed into אף. One has to assume that the scribe intended אִין, Babylonian Aramaic “yes”; in a Yerushalmi text this is a corruption. they assigned it for cooking255If her food was cooked with wine there was no problem since cooking eliminates the alcohol.. Nevertheless, she cursed them and said to them, so you should give to your daughters. Rebbi Aḥa said, and we answered her, Amen256As confirmation.. Rebbi Eleazar ben Rebbi Ẓadoq said, I should not see consolation257Being part of an oath formula, the positive has a negative implication and vice versa. The implication is that the speaker would give up his share of paradise if what he says is not true. if I did not see her collecting barley grains between horses’ hooves at Acco. I quoted about her the verse: “The dainty one among you and the pampered, …258Deut. 28:56, the chapter of curses.” “If you have no experience, most beautiful of women, go following the flock …259Cant. 1:8. This verse has a positive interpretation in all Midrash sources.”. But did we not state260The reliability of the tradition about Martha bat Boethos is questioned since a parallel tradition is reported about another woman. But it seems that both traditions are one and that Martha (“the lady”) bat (“of the family of”) Boethos is Miryam bat Simeon ben Boethos, cf. Yebamot 6:4, Note 75; Josephus Antiquities xv. 320 ff. In the Babli, 65a and 66b/67a (for the second story, Tosephta 5:9–10), both stories refer to one person, the widowed daughter-in-law of one Nikodaimon ben Gorion waiting for her levir; in the second story (in an intended contrast to the Yerushalmi) it is emphasized that nobody said “amen”, (because the unhappiness of a childless widow cannot be compensated with money.): It happened that the Sages assigned to Miryam, the daughter of Simeon ben Gorion, a daily supply of perfume for 500 denar, when she was only waiting for her levir. Nevertheless, she cursed them and said to them, so you should give to your daughters. Rebbi Aḥa said, and we answered her, Amen. Rebbi Eleazar ben Rebbi Ẓadoq said, I should not see consolation if I did not see her bound with her hair to a horse’s tail at Acco. I quoted about her the verse: “The dainty one among you and the pampered, …”.
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