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The Talmud raises an objection from that which was taught in a Tosefta: Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: The schoolchildren would organize the sections and read the book by candlelight. Apparently, it is permitted to read by candlelight on Shabbat. The Talmud answers: If you wish, say that the Tosef
We learned in the Mishnah: Similar to this decree of Shabbat, the rabbis issued a decree that the zav may not eat with his wife, the zava, even though they are both ritually impure, because by eating together they will come to excessive intimacy and become accustomed to sin. It was taught in a Tosef
The Talmud wonders: And if he accustoms him to be with him, what of it, what is the problem? Rather, say: Lest he feed him impure items. The Talmud asks: Is that to say that the zav who generally distances himself from ritual impurity does not eat impure things? In his impure state, everything he
An additional dilemma was raised before the rabbis with regard to the requirement to distance oneself from prohibition and impurity: What is the halakha with regard to a menstruating woman? May she sleep with her husband in one bed while she is in her clothes and he is in his clothes? Rav Yosef said
The Talmud adds: So too, it is reasonable to say that where there are two or more consciousnesses it is different, as it was taught in the latter clause of that Mishnah, Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: Two guests in one house may eat on one table this one eating meat and this one eating cheese, and