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Talmud su Giudici 16:16

וַ֠יְהִי כִּֽי־הֵצִ֨יקָה לּ֧וֹ בִדְבָרֶ֛יהָ כָּל־הַיָּמִ֖ים וַתְּאַֽלֲצֵ֑הוּ וַתִּקְצַ֥ר נַפְשׁ֖וֹ לָמֽוּת׃

E avvenne che quando lo premeva ogni giorno con le sue parole e lo sollecitava, che la sua anima era irritata fino alla morte.

Jerusalem Talmud Ketubot

HALAKHAH: “For how long does one reduce? Up to the amount of her ketubah, etc. 204A shortened version of the paragraph is in Gen.rabba 52(13), with most of the attribution of names omitted. Here you say seven, and there you say three? Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Ḥanina said, since she is obligated for seven205The 7 types of work enumerated in Mishnah 6., he deducts seven; he, since he is obligated for three206The obligations enumerated in Ex. 21:9, whatever they mean., has to add three. Think of it, if she brought him slaves, she is not obligated for anything! Think of it, if he stipulated [that he is not obligated for] either šĕ‘ēr, or dress, or ‘onāh207While in general we hold (following R. Jehudah) that in money matters biblical rules are only default options which can be changed or eliminated by contract, in non-monetary matters one usually holds that biblical rules are prescriptive and cannot be abolished. The Yerushalmi here considers sexual intercourse a money matter since the Mishnah gives monetary value to the refusal of intercourse. This argument, which is against all principles of the Babli in the usual rabbinic interpretation, will be important for the last statement of the Halakhah.
In any case, the arguments given here show that the explanation cannot be the correct one (even though it is quoted by Tosaphot, 63a s. v. פוחתין, as the opinion of the Yerushalmi. Tosaphot do not attribute the statement to R. Yose ben R. Ḥanina, even though the latter is also quoted in the Babli, 63a, representing the opinion that “revolting” refers to any of the mutual obligations in marriage). One must agree that the Mishnah speaks only of the case that one partner refuses sexual activity with the other. The Babli leaves the question open as to which interpretation is the correct one.
, he is not obligated for anything! What is it? Following Rebbi Joḥanan, that the suffering of the male208If deprived of sexual fulfillment. is greater than that of the female. That is what is written209Jud. 16:16, speaking of Delilah and Simson.: “It was when she had nagged him day after day and pressured him.” What means “and pressured him”? Rebbi Isaac ben Eleazar210In the Babli, Soṭah 9b, in a slightly more graphic description, “R.Isaac in the name of Rebbi Ammi” or something similar. said, that she slipped away from under him. “He felt badly, to die”. He felt badly, ready to die, but she did not feel badly, to die. But some say that she fulfilled her needs with others. So much more she should have wanted211This is a rather weak argument, that Delilah could not have slept with other men since then she would also have wanted to sleep more with Simson, in view of the enormous sum of money promised her by the Philistine princes. The argument of R. Naḥman in the name of a different R. Naḥman is in the Babli (Sanhedrin 107a) in the name of R. Jehudah., since Rebbi Naḥman said in the name of Rebbi Naḥman: This human limb, if you starved it you satisfied it, if you satisfied it you starved it.
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