Commentary for Moed Katan 33:13
שפחה של בית רבי מאי היא דאמתא דבי רבי חזיתיה לההוא גברא דהוה מחי לבנו גדול אמרה ליהוי ההוא גברא בשמתא דקעבר משום (ויקרא יט, יד) ולפני עור לא תתן מכשול דתניא ולפני עור לא תתן מכשול במכה לבנו גדול הכתוב מדבר
Why was he admitted there? - Because he had acted according to the dictum of R'Il'ai. For R'Il'ai says, If one sees that his [evil] yezer<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the evil (formative) imagining, prompting, 'urge'. V. Gen. VI, 5; VIII, 21; Deut. XXXI, 21. There is, however, a 'steady' (formative) urge for good. V. Isa. XXVI, 3 and P.B. p. 7.');"><sup>12</sup></span> is gaining sway over him, let him go away where he is not known; let him put on sordid<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'black clothes'. He had probably in mind the Roman custom for a discredited official to be sordidatus. For an earlier reference v. Mid. V, 4; 37b. Cf however Hag. 16a.');"><sup>13</sup></span>
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