Wyjścia 32:20 Odniesienia do Talmudu: Jerusalem Talmud Avodah Zarah, Jerusalem Talmud Sotah & Jerusalem Talmud Megillah

⁹⁸Babli 43b/44a, Tosephta 3:19. The speaker is R. Yose the Tanna who objects to the statement that the idol has to be dumped into the Dead Sea; he brings examples of disposition of pagan idols in other ways. Rebbi Yose objected to the rabbis, is it not written: your sin which you had made, the calf⁹⁹Deut. 9:21.? They told him, this teaches that he intended to examine them in the way one examines deviant wives: he strewed it on the surface of the water¹⁰⁰Ex. 32:20. As usual, the argument is from the part of the verse which is not quoted, viz., he let the Children of Israel drink. The deviant wife has to drink water mixed with dust from the floor of the Sanctaury, Num. 5:11–31..He said to them, is it not written, and also Maacah, king Asa’s mother, he removed from power¹⁰¹1K. 15:13.? They told him, is there proof from there? Asa cut down¹⁰²Since Asa burned his mother’s Ashera, there is no doubt that burning a wooden statue is as good as bringing it to the Dead Sea. etc. He told them, he beat the bronze serpent to pieces¹⁰³2K. 18:4.. Was this an object of worship? Did not Moses make it? This teaches that Israel was erring after it until Hezekias came and removed it¹⁰⁴Here ends the Genizah fragment G edited by Epstein; on the next line starts one (ג) edited by Ginzberg (pp. 278–279) of which, however, not very much is legible..

¹¹⁶Babli Yoma 66b; Num.rabba 9(53). A lady asked Rebbi Eliezer, why did one sin of the golden calf lead to three different kinds of death¹¹⁷In the aftermath of the sin of the golden calf, it is stated (1) that the Levites killed about 3000 men (Ex. 32:28), (2) that the people died of a plague (Ex. 32:35), (3) that Moses ground the golden calf into dust, spread it on water and let the people drink, in imitation of the soṭah ritual (Ex. 32:20).? He said to her, the wisdom of a woman is only in her spinning rod, as is written: “All wise women span with their hands.¹¹⁸Ex. 35:25. R. Eliezer intended to insult the woman who had dared to study Torah (In the Babli, she is called “a wise woman” and her question is dealt with at length by Rashi in his commentary on the Pentateuch). It is not clear whether this represents the general teaching of the House of Shammai or that of R. Eliezer alone.
Since it is common practice to teach Pentateuch and its interpretation to girls it is impossible to understand how Maimonides and Joseph Caro could have R. Eliezer’s statement included in their Codes.” His son Hyrkanos said to him, in order not to give her an answer you made me lose 300 kor of tithes every year¹¹⁹The lady must have been exeedingly rich if her tithes, given to a Cohen, amounted to 300 kor or 9’000 modii.. He answered him: May the words of the Torah be burned and not be delivered to women! After she had left, his students said to him, rabbi, this one you pushed away with a stick, what do you explain to us? ¹²⁰In the Babli, this answer and the following one are attributed to "one of Rav or Levi ben Sissi.” Rebbi Berekhiah, Rebbi Abba bar Cahana in the name of Rebbi Eliezer: Anybody against whom there were witnesses and warning was executed in court¹²¹According to rabbinic theory, nobody can be convicted by biblical standards unless (1) the crime was witnessed by two witnesses of sterling character and (2) criminal intent is proven by two witnesses who testify that the criminal was informed that his intended deed would subject him to prosecution and nevertheless he persisted in his criminal behavior.. Anybody against whom there were witnesses but no warning was checked similar to a suspected wife¹²²One has to assume that this procedure was part of the police powers granted to Moses in his position of king of the Israelites, and that the guilty persons died from the gold water.. Anybody against whom there were neither witnesses nor warning died from a plague. Rav and Levi bar Sissi both say: One who sacrificed, burned, and poured out a libation was executed in court¹²³Since these are acts of Temple worship, as idolatrous practices they are capital crimes (Mishnah Sanhedrin 7:6).. He who clapped his hands, danced, laughed, was checked similar to a suspected wife¹²⁴These are sinful practices if in idolatrous intent but not criminally prosecutable.. If he enjoyed himself silently, he died from a plague¹²⁵Since this sin was known only to God, its punishment was by the Hand of Heaven..

MISHNAH: The story of Reuben¹⁷³His rape of Bilha, Gen. 35:22. is read but not translated. The story of Tamar¹⁷⁴The incest story of Jehudah and Tamar, Gen. 38:1–30. The story is made acceptable by Jehudah’s confession. is read and translated. The first story of the Calf¹⁷⁵The Golden Calf, Ex. 32:1–6. is read and translated, but the second¹⁷⁶Aaron’s version and its aftermath, Ex. 32:20–35. is read and not translated.