Commentary for Bava Batra 218:13

והלא שבטים מבזים אותו ואומרים ראיתם בן פוטי זה בן שפיטם אבי אמו עגלים לע"ז יהרוג נשיא שבט מישראל

calves for idol worship? — No; [it means] that he descended from Joseph who conquered<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] 'conquer in argument'. ');">⁴³</span> his passions.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Gen. XXXIX, 7ff. ');">⁴⁴</span> Did not, however, the tribes sneer at him and say.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Sanh. 82b, Sotah, 43a. ');">⁴⁵</span> 'Have you seen this Puti-son?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Abbreviation of Putiel. ');">⁴⁶</span> A youth whose mother's father crammed calves for idol-worship should kill the head<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Zimri. v. Num. XXV, 6ff ');">⁴⁷</span> of a tribe in Israel!'

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