Study Niddah folio 17A with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
and a man who urinates naked next to his bed; and one who has sex in the presence of any living being. Rav Yehuda said to Shmuel: Does the phrase: In the presence of any living being, mean even in the presence of mice? Shmuel said to him: Shinnana, that is not the case. Rather, it is referring t
The Talmud asks: And those members of that household, who act in that manner, what verse do they interpret in a manner that allows them to do so? The Talmud answers: They reference the verse in which Abraham said to his two servants: “Remain here with [im] the donkey” (Genesis 22:5). This verse is i
The Talmud cites practices of modesty observed by the rabbis. Rabba bar Rav Huna would sound the bells [zagei] of the canopy above his bed when having sex, so that people would know to keep away. Abaye would even drive away flies [didevei] from around his bed, so that he would not have sex in their
R' Shimon ben Yoḥai further says: There are 5 actions with regard to which one who performs them is held liable for his own life, and his blood is upon his own head, i.e., he bears responsibility for his own demise. They are as follows: One who eats peeled garlic or a peeled onion or a peeled egg,
The Talmud analyzes this statement of R' Shimon ben Yoḥai, beginning with the case of one who eats peeled garlic, a peeled onion, or a peeled egg, when they were left overnight. The Talmud notes: And these peeled foods are dangerous even if they are placed in a basket and they are tied and sealed i