Commentary for Yevamot 153:5

דרש רבא מאי דכתיב (תהלים קטז, טז) פתחת למוסרי אמר דוד לפני הקב"ה רבונו של עולם שני מוסרות שהיו עלי פתחתם רות המואביה ונעמה העמונית

The question<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As to the Scriptural text from which the admission of Ammonite and Moabite women is deduced. ');">¹⁷</span> is a matter in dispute between Tannaim: An Ammonite,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXIII, 4. ');">¹⁸</span> but not an Ammonitess; A Moabite,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XXIII, 4. ');">¹⁸</span> but not a Moabitess. So R. Judah. R. Simeon, however, said: Because they met you not with bread and with water;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 5. ');">¹⁹</span>

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