Commentary for Sanhedrin 41:22

(שמואל ב יג, טו) וישנאה אמנון שנאה גדולה מאוד מ"ט אמר ר' יצחק נימא נקשרה לו ועשאתו כרות שפכה וכי נקשרה לו איהי מאי עבדה אלא אימא קשרה לו נימא ועשאתו כרות שפכה

Then Amnon hated her with exceeding great hatredetc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Sam. XIII, 15. ');">³⁸</span> For what reason? — R. Isaacanswered: A hair becoming entangled, mutilated him privily. If this happenedof itself, what was her part in it? — But we might rather say that she entangledit and caused, mutilation. But is this so? Did not Raba expound: What ismeant by the verse: And thy renown went forth among the nations for thybeauty.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XVI, 14. ');">³⁹</span>

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