출애굽기 11:7의 탈무드
וּלְכֹ֣ל ׀ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לֹ֤א יֶֽחֱרַץ־כֶּ֙לֶב֙ לְשֹׁנ֔וֹ לְמֵאִ֖ישׁ וְעַד־בְּהֵמָ֑ה לְמַ֙עַן֙ תֵּֽדְע֔וּן אֲשֶׁר֙ יַפְלֶ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה בֵּ֥ין מִצְרַ֖יִם וּבֵ֥ין יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
그러나 이스라엘 자손에게는 사람에게나 짐승에게나 개도 그 혀를 움직이지 않으리니 여호와가 애굽 사람과 이스라엘 사이에 구별하는 줄을 너희가 알리라 하셨나니
Tractate Kallah Rabbati
GEMARA. ‘Always be dignified’, etc. R. Samuel b. Naḥmani said:13Sanh. 105b-106a (Sonc. ed., p. 721). What is the meaning of the verse, For the Lord will smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water?141 Kings 14, 15. Better is the curse wherewith Aḥijah the Shilonite cursed Israel than the blessing wherewith the wicked Balaam blessed them. Aḥijah the Shilonite cursed Israel with a reed, as it is written, For the Lord will smite Israel as a reed is shaken in the water. But Balaam blessed them with the cedar, as it is written, As cedars beside the waters.15Num. 24, 6 Therefore ‘be tender like the reed and do not be hard like the cedar … therefore the reed merited’, etc.
Why did dogs merit that of their excrement sacred books and tefillin should be made?16The parchment of Torah scrolls and tefillin is treated with the excrement of dogs. Because it stated, But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog whet his tongue.17Ex. 11, 7. Similarly you may ask, Wherein lay the merit of the haḥiroth?18i.e. Pi-haḥiroth of Ex. 14, 2. It was a sanctuary connected with the Semitic deity Baal-Zephon, in whose worship licentious rites were practised. When the women beheld the Israelites, they abandoned their rites and as a reward the place was named חִירׂת read as חֵרוּת, ‘freedom’. Cf. Tanḥuma, Balaḳ, §17, Ginzberg, Legends of the Jews, III, pp. 10f. They were harlots and when they caught sight of Israel they turned their faces backward and are therefore called ḥeruth.
Why did dogs merit that of their excrement sacred books and tefillin should be made?16The parchment of Torah scrolls and tefillin is treated with the excrement of dogs. Because it stated, But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog whet his tongue.17Ex. 11, 7. Similarly you may ask, Wherein lay the merit of the haḥiroth?18i.e. Pi-haḥiroth of Ex. 14, 2. It was a sanctuary connected with the Semitic deity Baal-Zephon, in whose worship licentious rites were practised. When the women beheld the Israelites, they abandoned their rites and as a reward the place was named חִירׂת read as חֵרוּת, ‘freedom’. Cf. Tanḥuma, Balaḳ, §17, Ginzberg, Legends of the Jews, III, pp. 10f. They were harlots and when they caught sight of Israel they turned their faces backward and are therefore called ḥeruth.
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