Commentary for Avodah Zarah 72:2
גופא אמר באלי אמר אבימי נותאה משמיה דרב פיתן ושמנן יינן ובנותיהן כולן משמונה עשר דבר הן בנותיהן מאי היא אמר רב נחמן בר יצחק גזרו על בנותיהן נידות מעריסותן
The above text stated: “Behold Bali declared that Avimi Nota’a said in the name of Rava: The bread, wine and oil of heathens and their daughters are all included in the eighteen things.” What does it mean by “their daughters”? R. Nahman b. Yitzchak said: [The Schools of Hillel and Shammai] decreed that their daughters should be considered as menstruants from the cradle.
Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
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Daf Shevui to Avodah Zarah
The rabbis prohibited having sexual relations with a non-Jew, declaring them to have the status of menstruants, with whom a man cannot have sex, from the time they are born. I should note that this text is addressed only to men. The prohibition of engaging in sex with a Gentile is directed at men—to them women are prohibited. I doubt the Talmud means to imply that Jewish women can have sex with non-Jewish men. It is just that the Talmud was a text composed by men, mostly for men.
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