Commentary for Sotah 5:16

וקנא את אשתו רשות דברי רבי ישמעאל רבי עקיבא אומר חובה

in the opinion of R. Ishmael; but R. Akiba says: It is obligatory. It is well if you say that it means a spirit of purity, then everything is right; but if you say that it means a spirit of impurity, is it voluntary or obligatory for a man to introduce a spirit of impurity into himself!

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