Commentary for Nedarim 61:5

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> קונם שאיני נהנה לבני נוח מותר בישראל ואסור בנוכרים

<b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. What is meant by 'THOSE WHO REST ON THE SABBATH'? Shall we say, 'those who observe the Sabbath,' why particularly Cutheans: even heathens [if they observe the Sabbath] too? Hence It must mean 'those who are commanded to observe the Sabbath.'' If so, consider the last clause: FROM THOSE WHO GO UP TO JERUSALEM, HE IS FORBIDDEN [TO BENEFIT] FROM ISRAELITES BUT FROM CUTHEANS HE IS PERMITTED. But why so: are they not commanded too?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since they regarded themselves as true Jews and had formally become converts. ');">⁵</span>

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