Commentary for Sanhedrin 113:23

כיוצא ביפת תואר מאי היא כי אתא רב דימי א"ר אלעזר א"ר חנינא בן נח שייחד שפחה לעבדו ובא עליה נהרג עליה

One Cuthean from another, or a Cuthean from an Israelite is forbidden, but an Israelite from a Cuthean is permitted.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., non-actionable. ');">⁴⁵</span> To what can 'a similar act' apply in the case of a beautiful woman? — When R. Dimi came,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Dimi was a Palestinian Amora of the fourth century, who travelled to and fro between, Babylon and Palestine, and was very zealous in transmitting the teachings of Palestine Scholars to his colleagues in Babylon (v. J. E. IV, 603; cf. p. 361, n. 5, supra. ');">⁴⁶</span>

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