Commentary for Yevamot 33:5

יתיב רב יוסף אחוריה דרב כהנא ויתיב רב כהנא קמיה דרב יהודה ויתיב וקאמר עתידין ישראל דעבדי יומא טבא כי חרבי תרמוד והא חריב ההיא תמוד הואי רב אשי אמר היינו תרמוד היינו תמוד אכפולי הוא דמכפל חריב מהאי גיסא אותיב מהאי גיסא ואי חריב מהאי גיסא אותיב מהאי גיסא

— There is a tradition that the women of that generation were sterilized.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H] (root, [H] or [H]. [H], 'to tear', 'split'. Lit., 'they were split', i.e., an operation for sterilization was performed on them. ');">¹⁷</span> Others read: When I mentioned the matter<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Of R. Assi's ruling supra 16b. ');">¹⁸</span> in the presence of Samuel he said to me, 'They did not move from there until they had declared them<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The ten tribes. ');">¹⁹</span> to be perfect heathens; as it is said in the Scriptures, They have dealt treacherously against the Lord, for they have begotten strange children.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hos. V, 7. ');">²⁰</span>

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