Daat Emet
  • Torah, Science & Ethics
    • Pamphlets
    • Scientific Errors in Torah
    • Religion & Ethics
    • Mitzvahs
    • Religion Caught in Its Own Net
  • Torah & Talmud
    • Weekly Portion
    • Torah Text
    • Talmud Issues
    • Daily Peppers
  • Questions & Answers
  • Who We Are
    • About Daat Emet
    • Our Supporters
    • Support Us
  • English
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • Yiddish
    • Français (French)
  • Torah, Science & Ethics
    • Pamphlets
    • Scientific Errors in Torah
    • Religion & Ethics
    • Mitzvahs
    • Religion Caught in Its Own Net
  • Torah & Talmud
    • Weekly Portion
    • Torah Text
    • Talmud Issues
    • Daily Peppers
  • Questions & Answers
  • Who We Are
    • About Daat Emet
    • Our Supporters
    • Support Us
  • English
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • Yiddish
    • Français (French)
Daat Emet
  • Torah, Science & Ethics
    • Pamphlets
    • Scientific Errors in Torah
    • Religion & Ethics
    • Mitzvahs
    • Religion Caught in Its Own Net
  • Torah & Talmud
    • Weekly Portion
    • Torah Text
    • Talmud Issues
    • Daily Peppers
  • Questions & Answers
  • Who We Are
    • About Daat Emet
    • Our Supporters
    • Support Us
  • English
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • Yiddish
    • Français (French)
  • Torah, Science & Ethics
    • Pamphlets
    • Scientific Errors in Torah
    • Religion & Ethics
    • Mitzvahs
    • Religion Caught in Its Own Net
  • Torah & Talmud
    • Weekly Portion
    • Torah Text
    • Talmud Issues
    • Daily Peppers
  • Questions & Answers
  • Who We Are
    • About Daat Emet
    • Our Supporters
    • Support Us
  • English
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • Yiddish
    • Français (French)
Rabbis sit at the entrance to the women’s mikvah
Home » Daily Peppers
Yaron Yadan 09/03/2008
Rabbis sit at the entrance to the women’s mikvah

One of the sages, Rav Giddal, used to sit at the entrance to the women’s ritual bath to explain to those immersing how to properly immerse. The scholars asked this sage: Do you not fear that your urges will overcome you? He answered them: The women seem to be like a flock of white geese, so I do not lust after them. Another sage, R’ Yochanan, also was accustomed to sitting at the entrance to the women’s baths. He defended his questionable custom by saying that since he was handsome, the women who left the ritual bath to go to their husbands would see his beauty and so their offspring would be as good-looking. The scholars asked this sage: Do you not fear the evil eye? He answered them: I am a descendant of Joseph, and the evil eye has no dominion over us, nor does it harm us.
(Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Berachot 20a)

About the Author

ירון ידען View all posts by Yaron Yadan

ירון ידען (נולד בטבריה ב-8 בדצמבר 1961) הוא פעיל חברתי ומייסד ארגון "דעת אמת" העומד בראש מפלגת אור.

Additional Peppers
Born with two heads — on which does he place tefillin?

Born with two heads — on which does he place tefillin?

Does a slave go free if his master castrates him? What is the rule if the master removes his tongue?

Does a slave go free if his master castrates him? What is the rule if the master removes his tongue?

A <I>hadas</I> which has been lopped off and which fruited at the spot of the cut

A hadas which has been lopped off and which fruited at the spot of the cut

An infant of under three years who has had sexual intercourse — is her hymen torn and healed, or does it not tear at all?

An infant of under three years who has had sexual intercourse — is her hymen torn and healed, or does it not tear at all?

May a laborer who is harvesting grapes from one vine eat the grapes of a different vine?

May a laborer who is harvesting grapes from one vine eat the grapes of a different vine?

How is it known that one is forbidden to conduct sexual relations on the Day of Atonement?

How is it known that one is forbidden to conduct sexual relations on the Day of Atonement?

One is forbidden to hold in urine lest he become sterile and his belly swell

One is forbidden to hold in urine lest he become sterile and his belly swell

© 2016 כל הזכויות שמורות לדעת אמת.
Skip to content
Open toolbar Accessibility Tools

Accessibility Tools

  • Increase TextIncrease Text
  • Decrease TextDecrease Text
  • GrayscaleGrayscale
  • High ContrastHigh Contrast
  • Negative ContrastNegative Contrast
  • Light BackgroundLight Background
  • Links UnderlineLinks Underline
  • Readable FontReadable Font
  • Reset Reset