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he is exempt. In this case, exempt means permitted ab initio. Ostensibly, sex with a virgin is comparable to creating an opening in an abscess. Why then, would sex with a virgin be forbidden on Shabbat? The Talmud rejects the proof: There, the pus in the abscess is pooled in one place and complete
The Talmud relates: Rav Ami permitted one to have sex with his virgin wife for the first time on Shabbat. The rabbis said to him: But her marriage contract is not yet written. Engaging in sex with one’s wife without a marriage contract is considered an act of promiscuity. He said to them: Have her
The Talmud relates: Rav Zevid permitted one to have sex with his virgin wife for the first time on Shabbat. There are those who say: Rav Zevid himself had sex with his virgin wife for the first time on Shabbat.
It was further related: Rav Yehuda permitted one to have sex with his virgin wife for the first time on a Festival. Rav Pappi said in the name of Rava: Do not infer and say: It is on a Festival that it is permitted, but on Shabbat it is prohibited, similar to actions involving food preparation, w
Rav Pappa said in the name of Rava: According to Rav Yehuda, on a Festival it is permitted, on Shabbat it is prohibited. Rav Pappi said to Rav Pappa: What is your thinking? Is it: Since causing a wound was permitted on a Festival when performed for the purpose of food preparation, it was also perm