Commentary for Sanhedrin 127:8

אמרי הואיל ועת רצון הוא ניבעי רחמי איצרא דעבירה בעו רחמי אימסר בידייהו

Then they said, 'Since the time is propitious, let us pray that the Tempter of Sin [may likewise be delivered into our hands].' So they prayed and it was delivered into their hands. They imprisoned it for three days; after that they sought a new laid egg for an invalid in the whole of Palestine and could not find one.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Through the imprisonment of the Tempter sexual lust was dormant throughout creation. ');">⁷</span>

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