Commentary for Yevamot 94:6

ומודיעים אותו עון לקט שכחה ופאה ומעשר עני: מ"ט א"ר חייא בר אבא א"ר יוחנן בן נח נהרג על פחות משוה פרוטה ולא ניתן להשבון

is also deemed to be an interception in the ablutions of a proselyte, an emancipated slave and a menstruant.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Although the purpose of these ablutions is not, like that of the usual ablutions, to qualify for the eating, or the handling of, levitically clean things. The ablutions of the proselyte and the slave are only a part of their initiation ceremonial, while that of the menstruant has for its object the woman's permissibility to her husband. ');">⁹</span> The Master said, 'If a man desires to become a proselyte&nbsp;… he is to be addressed as follows: "What reason have you for desiring to become a proselyte&nbsp;…" and he is made acquainted with some of the minor, and with some of the major commandments'. What is the reason? — In order that if he desire to withdraw let him do so;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'that if he separates let him separate'. ');">¹⁰</span>

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