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soldiers [nosei keisar] who guarded me all night. They said to him: Perhaps a matter of forbidden sex presented itself to you and you were saved from it, which is why a miracle occurred for you. As we learned: With regard to anyone to whom a matter of forbidden sex presented itself to him and he w
To what is this referring? R' Tzadok was enticed by a certain noblewoman to have sex with her. He said to her: My heart is weak and I am incapable at present; is there something to eat that can strengthen me? She said to him: There is something non-kosher. He said to her: What difference is there?
The Talmud further relates: Rav Kahana would sell baskets woven from palm leaves to women. He was enticed by a certain noblewoman to have sex with her. He said to her: Let me go and adorn myself beforehand. He ascended to the roof and fell from the roof toward the ground. Elijah the prophet came an
§ Rava raises a contradiction to Rav Naḥman and asks: We learned in a Mishnah (Pe’a 1:1): These are the matters that a person engages in and enjoys their profits in this world, and the principal reward remains for him for the World-to-Come, and they are: Honoring one’s father and mother, acts of lo
Rava cites the source for each of these assertions. With regard to honoring one’s father and mother, it is written: “That your days may be long, and that it may go well with you” (Deuteronomy 5:16), which indicates that one is rewarded in this world. With regard to acts of loving kindness it is writ