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The Talmud replies that Rahab used this phrase euphemistically, to say that their fear was so great that their male organs were not even able to become erect, as “kama” also means rise. The Talmud asks: And how did Rahab know this? The Talmud replies: As the Master said: You do not have any prince
The Talmud adds that the rabbis said with regard to Rahab: She was 10 years old when the Jewish people left Egypt, and she engaged in prostitution all 40 years that the Jewish people were in the wilderness. After that, when she was 50 years old, she converted when the two spies visited her. She said
§ The Master said in the baraita that discussed the sacrifice of offerings before the construction of the Tabernacle: And today non-Jews are permitted to do so, i.e., to sacrifice offerings outside the Temple courtyard, despite the fact that this is forbidden for the Jews. The Talmud asks: From whe
Therefore, each and every non-Jew may, if he desires, construct a private altar for himself, and sacrifice upon it whatever he desires. R' Ya’akov bar Aḥa says that Rav Asi says: Although it is permitted for non-Jews to sacrifice offerings outside the Temple courtyard, it is prohibited for a Jew to
This is similar to that incident in which Ifera Hurmiz, the mother of King Shapur of Persia, sent an offering to Rava, with which she sent this message to him: Sacrifice this for me, for the sake of Heaven. Rava said to Rav Safra and to Rav Aḥa bar Huna: Go, take two non-Jew youths of the same age