Commentary for Sanhedrin 207:12

איכה ישבה בדד אמר רבא אמר רבי יוחנן מפני מה לקו ישראל באיכה מפני שעברו על שלשים ושש כריתות שבתורה

And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. XXXIX, 2; cf. II Kings XX, 13. ');">²²</span> Rab said: What is meant by 'the house of his precious things'? — His wife, who mixed the drinks for them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He permitted his wife ('his treasure') openly to wait upon them, disregarding the modesty which should have kept her within her own quarters (Maharsha). ');">²³</span>

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