Commentary for Shabbat 81:3

אמר אביי עשאוה כבולשת דתנן בולשת שנכנסה לעיר בשעת שלום חביות פתוחות אסורות סתומות מותרות בשעת מלחמה אלו ואלו מותרות לפי שאין פנאי לנסך אלמא כיון דבעיתי לא מנסכי ה"נ כיון דבעית לא אתי להרהורי והכא מאי ביעתותא ביעתותא דנהרא

Thus we see, since they are afraid,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' To put their minds to such things. ');">⁷</span> they do not make nesek; so here too, since he is in fear, he will not come to meditate [impure thoughts]. And what fear is there here? — The fear of the river. But that is not so? For R. Abba said in the name of R. Huna in Rab's name: He who puts his hand near his buttocks is as though he denied the covenant of Abraham?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As though he were ashamed of being circumcised. ');">⁸</span>

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