Talmud do Przysłów 2:19
כָּל־בָּ֭אֶיהָ לֹ֣א יְשׁוּב֑וּן וְלֹֽא־יַ֝שִּׂ֗יגוּ אָרְח֥וֹת חַיִּֽים׃
Żaden z tych, którzy do niej wchodzą nie wraca, a nie dosięgają już ścieżek życia.
Avot D'Rabbi Natan
What is the fence that the Writings made around their words? It says (Proverbs 5:8), “Keep your path far away from her, and do not go near the doorway of her house.” “Keep your path far away from her” – that is heresy. For they tell people: Do not go among heretics. Do not enter there, lest they cause you to stumble. And what if someone says: I trust myself, and even though I go there, they will not cause me to stumble. For maybe you will say: I will listen to what they have to say, but I will come back. But the verse (Proverbs 2:19) teaches, “All who go to her cannot return and find again the paths of life.”
It is written (Proverbs 9:2), “She has prepared the feast, mixed the wine, and also set the table.” These are the wicked who, when a person comes in and sits among them, feed him and give him drink, and dress him and cover him, and give him lots of money. But when he has become one of them, each one picks out what belongs them, and takes it back from him. About them it says (Proverbs 7:23), “[He follows her] until the arrow pierces his liver. He is like a bird rushing into a trap, unknowingly.”
Another interpretation of “Keep your path far away from her”: This is a prostitute. For they tell people: Do not go to that marketplace, and do not enter into that alleyway, for there is a beautiful and celebrated prostitute there. But he says: I trust myself, and even though I go there, she will not cause me to stumble. They say to him: Even though you trust yourself, do not go there, for maybe she will cause you to stumble. (For the sages said that a person should not accustom himself to passing by the door of a prostitute.) As it says (Proverbs 2:26), “For many are those she has struck dead, and numerous are her victims.”
It is written (Proverbs 9:2), “She has prepared the feast, mixed the wine, and also set the table.” These are the wicked who, when a person comes in and sits among them, feed him and give him drink, and dress him and cover him, and give him lots of money. But when he has become one of them, each one picks out what belongs them, and takes it back from him. About them it says (Proverbs 7:23), “[He follows her] until the arrow pierces his liver. He is like a bird rushing into a trap, unknowingly.”
Another interpretation of “Keep your path far away from her”: This is a prostitute. For they tell people: Do not go to that marketplace, and do not enter into that alleyway, for there is a beautiful and celebrated prostitute there. But he says: I trust myself, and even though I go there, she will not cause me to stumble. They say to him: Even though you trust yourself, do not go there, for maybe she will cause you to stumble. (For the sages said that a person should not accustom himself to passing by the door of a prostitute.) As it says (Proverbs 2:26), “For many are those she has struck dead, and numerous are her victims.”
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Tractate Kallah Rabbati
BARAITHA. Inquire not about heresy lest you be drawn into Gehinnom.
GEMARA. Because if you associate with [heretics], they will ask you questions and you may not be able to answer them. Why [be found] among them?95The word in brackets is supplied by H. Behold the world is large and it gives an opening to them who speak.96The meaning seems to be, Why should one seek the company of heretics when there is no lack of worthy men with whom to hold conversation? And why is it different here97In connection with heresy. in that the Baraitha mentions Gehinnom in connection with it? Because of heresy it is written, None that go unto her return.98Prov. 2, 19, where the seductive woman is understood as typifying the lure of heretical ideas. You should therefore know that the Holy One, blessed be He, created both the Garden of Eden and Gehinnom; the Garden of Eden is incomplete without the righteous and Gehinnom is incomplete without the wicked.
GEMARA. Because if you associate with [heretics], they will ask you questions and you may not be able to answer them. Why [be found] among them?95The word in brackets is supplied by H. Behold the world is large and it gives an opening to them who speak.96The meaning seems to be, Why should one seek the company of heretics when there is no lack of worthy men with whom to hold conversation? And why is it different here97In connection with heresy. in that the Baraitha mentions Gehinnom in connection with it? Because of heresy it is written, None that go unto her return.98Prov. 2, 19, where the seductive woman is understood as typifying the lure of heretical ideas. You should therefore know that the Holy One, blessed be He, created both the Garden of Eden and Gehinnom; the Garden of Eden is incomplete without the righteous and Gehinnom is incomplete without the wicked.
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