Commentary for Sanhedrin 140:3

ומה בר בטני כל הנשים של בית אביך כיון שמתעברות שוב אינן רואות פני המלך ואני דחקתי ונכנסתי כדי שיהא לי בן מזורז ומלובן

R. Johanan said in the name of R. Simeon b. Yohai: This teaches that his mother thrust him against a post<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To have him flagellated for his over-indulgence in worldly pleasures (Rashi). ');">⁵</span> and said to him, What my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? 'What my son?' All know that thy father was a God-fearing man, and therefore they will say that thou inheritest [thy sinfulness] from thy mother.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., why should you thus be called my son? ');">⁶</span>

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