Commentary for Yoma 165:1
(תהלים נח, ד) זורו רשעים מרחם נפק מינה שבתאי אצר פירי
The wicked are estranged from the womb.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ps. LVIII, 4.');"><sup>1</sup></span> From her came forth Shabbatai, the hoarder of provisions<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The suggestion throughout the page of a woman with child who smells a dish and develops a morbid longing for it, is that it is the embryo, and not the mother, who has the desire. If the mother accepted the whispered suggestion, it was due to the noble piety of the unborn child, hence, R. Johanan as the child of the first woman. None is more contemptible than the speculator in foodstuffs who corners the markets for his sordid gain and who causes great affliction among the poor. Such a person, even in the embryonic stage, would not be influenced by the information that it is the Day of Atonement. He would crave his food, unresponsive to any law or sentiment.');"><sup>2</sup></span> [for speculation].
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