איש איש כי תשטה אשתו. שנו רבותינו אין המנאפין מנאפין עד שתכנס בהן רוח של שטוות, שנאמר איש איש כי תשטה אשתו, למדנו לאשה, לאיש מניין, שנאמר נואף אשה חסר לב (משלי ו לב).
(Numb. 5:12:) IF ANYONE HAS HIS WIFE GO ASTRAY (tisteh). Our masters have taught: The adulterers do not commit adultery, until a spirit of madness (shetut)36In the unpointed Hebrew text, shetut and tisteh appear to have the same root. enters them.37Tanh., Numb. 2:5. Thus it is stated (ibid.): IF ANYONE HAS HIS WIFE GO ASTRAY. <Here> we have learned about the woman. Where is shown about the man? Where it is stated (in Prov. 6:32): THE ONE WHO COMMITS ADULTERY WITH A WOMAN IS HAS NO SENSE (literally: IS LACKING HEART); <THE ONE WHO DOES SO DESTROYS HIS OWN LIFE>.38Cf. Numb. 9:6.
איש איש כי תשטה אשתו. שנו רבותינו אין המנאפין מנאפין עד שתכנס בהן רוח של שטוות, שנאמר איש איש כי תשטה אשתו, למדנו לאשה, לאיש מניין, שנאמר נואף אשה חסר לב (משלי ו לב).
(Numb. 5:12:) IF ANYONE HAS HIS WIFE GO ASTRAY (tisteh). Our masters have taught: The adulterers do not commit adultery, until a spirit of madness (shetut)36In the unpointed Hebrew text, shetut and tisteh appear to have the same root. enters them.37Tanh., Numb. 2:5. Thus it is stated (ibid.): IF ANYONE HAS HIS WIFE GO ASTRAY. <Here> we have learned about the woman. Where is shown about the man? Where it is stated (in Prov. 6:32): THE ONE WHO COMMITS ADULTERY WITH A WOMAN IS HAS NO SENSE (literally: IS LACKING HEART); <THE ONE WHO DOES SO DESTROYS HIS OWN LIFE>.38Cf. Numb. 9:6.