Commentary for Avodah Zarah 36:16
אמר רבי אליעזר קשה היא שתחילת' יסורין וסופו כלייה דרש ר' שמעון בן פזי אשרי האיש אשר לא הלך לטרטיאות ולקרקסיאות של עובדי כוכבים ובדרך חטאים לא עמד זה שלא עמד בקנגיון ובמושב לצים לא ישב שלא ישב בתחבולות
Shimon b. Pazi expounded: “Happy is the man that has not walked” to theatres and circuses of idolaters; “nor stood in the way of sinners,”—this refers to the one who does not attend contests of wild beasts; “nor sat in the gathering of the scornful,” that is he who does not participate in [evil] conspiracies.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
Meir bribes the reluctant jailer, who after seeing the miracles that R. Meir can work, hands Beruriah’s sister over to him.
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Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
Shimon b. Pazzi applies the first verse of Psalms to the prohibition of attending pagan circuses, theaters, contests of wild beasts or engaging in evil conspiracies with idolaters. In their place, a Jew should not sleep—he should study Torah.
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