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And if it is so that a descendant of Noah is commanded about the sanctification of God’s name, he should not have said to him: “Go in peace.” The Talmud answers: This situation, where Elisha permitted Naaman’s conduct, happened in private. When Naaman bowed down in the house of Rimmon, he did not
§ Apropos the discussion of the obligation to allow oneself to be killed rather than engage in forbidden sex, the Talmud notes that Rav Yehuda says that Rav says: There was an incident involving a certain man who set his eyes upon a certain woman and passion rose in his heart, to the point that he
The Talmud comments: R' Ya’akov bar Idi and R' Shmuel bar Naḥmani disagree about this issue. One of them says: The woman in question was a married woman, and the other one says: She was unmarried. The Talmud tries to clarify the issue: Granted, according to the one who says that she was a married
Rav Pappa says: This is due to the potential family flaw, i.e., harm to the family name, as it is not permitted to bring disgrace to the entire family in order to save the lovesick man. Rav Aḥa, son of Rav Ika, says: This is so that the daughters of Israel should not be promiscuous with regard to
The Talmud asks: But if the woman was unmarried, let the man marry her. The Talmud answers: His mind would not have been eased by marriage, in accordance with the statement of R' Yitzḥak. As R' Yitzḥak says: Since the day the Temple was destroyed, sexual pleasure was taken away from those who engag