Commentary for Berakhot 123:3
רב כהנא על גנא תותיה פורייה דרב שמעיה דשח ושחק ועשה צרכיו אמר ליה דמי פומיה דאבא כדלא שריף תבשילא א"ל כהנא הכא את פוק דלאו אורח ארעא אמר לו תורה היא וללמוד אני צריך
Rab Kahana went and hid himself under Rab's bed and heard him converse [with his wife] and laugh and have intercourse. Rab Kahana said to him, "Abba's mouth is like that of one who has never sipped a dish." Rab exclaimed, "Kahana, art thou here? Go out ; for it is not proper!" He replied, "It is a matter of Torah and I wished to learn."
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Rab's name.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
I.e. Rab behaved as though it were an entirely new experience to him.
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Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
"Die alten kannten die Pruderie nicht und verhandelten uber eheliche Pflichten mit dem grossten Freimut"; T. A. II. p. 466 n. 366.
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