Commentary for Yevamot 126:13

כתוב בספר בן סירא אשה טובה מתנה טובה לבעלה וכתיב טובה בחיק ירא אלהים תנתן אשה רעה צרעת לבעלה מאי תקנתיה יגרשנה ויתרפא מצרעתו אשה יפה אשרי בעלה מספר ימיו כפלים

When R. Johanan was informed that the Parsees<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. p. 424, n. 17. ');">⁴⁰</span> had come to Babylon, he reeled and fell.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Knowing as he did their intolerance and cruel religious fanaticism. ');">⁴¹</span> When however he was told that they accepted bribes he recovered<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'made (himself) straight'. ');">⁴²</span> and sat down again.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' All hope, he felt, was not lost when concessions might be obtained by paying for them. ');">⁴³</span>

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