Talmud do Jeremiasza 2:30

BARAITHA.⁴⁶K 8. R. Nehemiah said: Because of the sin of causeless hatred a man’s wife suffers miscarriage, his children die young, and contention is rife in his house.
GEMARA. It is quite reasonable [to say] that causeless hatred brings about strife, as it is written, Hatred stirreth up strifes;⁴⁷Prov. 10, 12. but whence do we learn [that it causes] miscarriage? As it is written, In vain have I smitten your children,⁴⁸Jer. 2, 30. [in vain meaning] for causeless strifes.

⁷¹A somewhat different text is in Pesiqta rabbati 22 (ed. M. Friedmann p. 113a).Ḥizqiah said, he who swears that two are two is whipped for a vain oath. Rebbi Ḥaggai in the name of Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish: One who saw rain falling and said: “O Lord, inundate with much water⁷⁰In Šebuot, the reading is קוּרִי פָּלֻּי בּרֶיכּסוֹן which N. Brüll (Jahrbuch für jüdische Geschichte und Literatur 1, p. 130) reads as κύριε πολὺ βρέξον “o Lord, give abundant water”, as first verse of a prayer for rain. S. Lieberman, in a full discussion of this text (יונית ויונות בארץ ישראל, Jerusalem 1962, pp. 25–27), points out that the invocation of God’s name in a vain prayer is forbidden by the Third Commandment and that the characterization as “vow” is only a reference to that Commandment.”, is whipped for a vain oath. Rebbi Onias, Rebbi Jacob bar Abun in the name of Rebbi Samuel bar Naḥman: 24 city councils⁷²Greek βουλή. were in Judea and they all were destroyed because of true vain oaths, as it is written⁷³Jer. 2:30. Another version in Tanḥuma Maṭṭot 1, Vayiqra 7.: “For the vain did I hit your sons.”

BARAITHA.⁷⁶K 20 with variations. For what sin do a man’s children die [young]? R. Eliezer said: For the sin of [unfulfilled] vows, as it is stated, In vain have I smitten your children.⁷⁷Jer. 2, 30. R. Joshua said: For the sin of [neglecting] the study of the Torah, as it is stated, Seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.⁷⁸Hosea 4, 6.
GEMARA. What will R. Eliezer do with the verse, Seeing thou hast forgotten, etc.? He needs it [for the following exposition:] It has been taught: When Israel stood at Mount Sinai, the Holy One, blessed be He, said to them, ‘Are you willing to receive the Torah?’ They answered, ‘Yes’. Whereupon He said to them, ‘Produce sureties in the matter’. They replied, ‘Here are our children’. That is what is written, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast Thou founded strength.⁷⁹Ps. 8, 3. He said to them, ‘You offer your children as sureties. If you observe the Sabbath, all will be well; but if not, behold your children are My sureties’;⁸⁰I will call upon them to meet their indebtedness. as it is stated, Seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, etc. How does R. Joshua [deal with the verse quoted by] R. Eliezer? He needs it for the statement, In vain have I smitten your children, they received no correction.⁸¹R. Joshua to maintain his view expounds the verse quoted by R. Eliezer in the light of Jer. 2, 30 that children die for the sin of neglecting the study of the Torah.

HALAKHAH: “A widow can be paid from the orphans’ property only,” etc. Earlier they swore falsely and buried their children, since it is written⁵⁹Jer. 2:30. For the statement that children die for the parents’ sins of vows cf. Ketubot 7:7, Note 66.: “For vain [vows] I smote your children.” In addition, they fear vows more than oaths⁶⁰For example, there is an annual revocation rite, Kol Nidre, for vows with oaths only mentioned as an afterthought; cf. introduction to Tractate Nedarim, Note 4.. If she transgressed and swore? Rav Huna said, if she swore, she swore⁶¹If she swears on her own initiative to expedite the process, it is valid and she has to be paid. The same statement in the Babli, 35a.. Rav said to his daughter-in-law: If I were not a person readily making concessions, even the cover on your head would be my property. Samuel said, she acquires the garments which she is wearing⁶²The same disagreement, whether or not garments, which the husband has to supply during the marriage, are counted against the ketubah, is in the Babli Ketubot 54a.. A Mishnah supports Samuel: “Neither his wife’s garments nor his children’s are his property⁶³‘Arakhin 6:5. The family’s clothing cannot be counted as the husband’s property in bankruptcy proceedings. In the Babli, nevertheless practice is decided following Rav, against the Yerushalmi..”

Another interpretation of Ye that inflame yourselves among the terebinths: Whoever arouses himself and masturbates forfeits his life, as it is stated, And Er, Judah’s first-born, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew him.⁷⁴Gen. 38, 7. His sin was that he prevented pregnancy; cf. Midrash Rabbah, Genesis, LXXXV, 4 (Sonc. ed., p. 792). And whoever deliberately causes an erection is a transgressor, as it is stated, And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of the Lord.⁷⁵ibid. 10; cf. the preceding verse.
Even children meet the Divine Presence, as it is stated, A seed shall serve him; it shall be told of the Lord unto the next generation.⁷⁶Ps. 22, 31; cf. Sanh. 110b (Sonc. ed., p. 761). It shall be told indicates that when God’s glory can be related by a person, i.e. even a child when he is able to speak, he earns his right to a share in the World to Come. For what sin do a man’s children die [young]?⁷⁷Shab. 32b (Sonc. ed., p. 148); cf. Midrash Ecclesiastes 4, 1 (Sonc. ed., p. 110). R. Eliezer said: For the sin of [unfulfilled] vows, as it is said, Suffer not thy mouth to bring thy flesh into guilt … and destroy the work of thy hands.⁷⁸Eccl. 5, 5. R. Nathan said: For the sin of [neglecting] the mezuzah, as it is written, And thou shalt write them upon the doorposts of thy house, and upon thy gates which is followed by that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children.⁷⁹The prolonged life of the children is made conditional in Deut. 11, 20f., on the fulfilment of the preceding commandment. R. Nehorai said: For the sin of [neglecting] the ẓiẓith, as it is written, Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the innocent poor.⁸⁰Jer. 2, 34; skirts refers to the precept of ẓiẓith. R. Joshua⁸¹GRA. emends to ‘R. Judah the Prince’. said: For the sin of [neglecting the study of] the Torah children die young, as it is stated, Seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.⁸²Hos. 4, 6. The parallel in Shab. 32b (Sonc. ed., p. 148) cites Jer. 2, 30. R. ‘Aḳiba said: Whoever does not occupy himself with [the study of] the Torah causes poverty to come upon his children.
What should a man do so that his children shall grow rich and flourish?⁸³Reading with GRA ויתקיימו. Let him fulfil the will of God and the wishes of his wife. This is the will of God: Let him freely distribute his money to the poor, as it is stated, He hath scattered abroad, he hath given to the needy; his righteousness endureth for ever.⁸⁴Ps. 112, 9.

HALAKHAH: “Because of three sins women die in childbirth,¹⁸⁶Quote from Mishnah 6.” etc. There are Tannaim who state, as children. There are Tannaim who state, in childbirth¹⁸⁷Babli 32a.. He who said as children, it was stated in the name of Rebbi Jehudah: Children die because of the sin of vows¹⁸⁸Babli 32b, Ketubot 72a.. What is the reason? For the vain I did hit your sons¹⁸⁹Jer. 2:30, cf. Nedarim 3:2, Note 73.. But he who said in childbirth, from here that Satan¹⁹⁰The prosecutor in the Heavenly Court. accuses¹⁹¹A Hebrew verb formed from Greek κατηγορέω “accuse”. The vocalization בְשָׁעַת is from G. only in times of danger.

“She feeds him what is not tithed, or makes him sleep with her when she is menstruating, or does not cut ḥallah, or makes vows which she does not keep.” We understand all these because he is involved⁶⁵In the first three cases, she leads him into sin.. “She makes vows which she does not keep,” what is his interest in this? He can say, I cannot live with a vowing wife because she buries her children. It was stated in the name of Rebbi Yudan⁶⁶Giṭṭin 4:3 (45c 1. 63), Šabbat 5b 1. 8; Babli 72a in the name of Rav Naḥman. Šabbat 32b in the name of Rav Naḥman bar Isaac (also thus in one Geniza ms. of Ketubot); in Yalquṭ Šim‘oni Jer. #266 a different verse in the name of R. Nathan (anonymous in the Babli, 72a).: Children die for the sin of vows, as it is written⁶⁷Jer. 2:30.: “For vain [vows] I smote your children.

Ḥizqiah said: he who swears that two are two is flogged for a vain oath. Rebbi Menahem¹⁴⁶In Nedarim: Ḥaggai. in the name of Rebbi Simeon ben Laqish: He who saw rain falling and said Κύριε πόλυ βρέξον¹⁴⁷O Lord, make it rain a lot (Musaphia). The invocation of the Lord is considered a violation of the Third Commandment. It is possible to read the first word as a contraction Κῦρι. The statement shows that Κύριος was accepted as a Divine Name. is flogged for a vain oath. Rebbi Onias, Rebbi Jacob ben Rebbi Abun in the name of Rebbi Samuel ben Naḥman: 24 city councils¹⁴⁸Greek βουλή. were in Judea and they all were destroyed because of true vain oaths, as it is written: For the vain did I hit your sons¹⁴⁹Jer.2:30..