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but there, with regard to the blemishes specified in the Mishnah, if she says: I want to be with him, we leave her alone with him and do not force a divorce, whereas here, in the case of a woman who has not given birth, even though she says: I want to be with him, we do not leave her alone, as her
The Talmud answers: Even so, there is a difference between these cases, as there, with regard to a man with boils, if she says: I am willing to live with him under the supervision of witnesses; that is, I will not seclude myself with him but I will nevertheless remain his wife, we leave her alone.
It is taught in a baraita: R' Yosei said: A certain Elder from among the residents of Jerusalem told me that there are 24 types of patients afflicted with boils, and with regard to all of them the rabbis said that sex are harmful to them, and those afflicted with ra’atan, a severe skin disease char
The Talmud inquires: What are the symptoms of ra’atan? His eyes water, his nose runs, drool comes out of his mouth, and flies rest upon him. The Talmud further inquires: And what is his cure to remove the insect found in his head, which is associated with this illness? Abaye said: One takes pila a
And the one performing the treatment pours 300 cups of this mixture on the patient’s head until his skull is soft, and then he tears open the patient’s skull to expose his brain, and brings 4 myrtle leaves and lifts up each time one foot of the insect that is found on the patient’s brain, and places