Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 5:12

תניא דבי רבי ישמעאל לעולם יספר אדם בלשון נקיה שהרי בזב קראו מרכב ובאשה קראו מושב ואומר (איוב טו, ה) ותבחר לשון ערומים ואומר (איוב לג, ג) ודעת שפתי ברור מללו

The School of R'Ishmael taught: one should always discourse in decent language, for lo!, the case of a zab<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos.');">²⁵</span> it is called riding, while in connection with a woman it is called sitting;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The reference is to Lev. XV, 9 and 20: And what saddle (or, carriage) soever he that hath issue rideth upon shall be unclean. Everything also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. Actually the conditions of defilement are the same in both cases; nevertheless, Scripture did not speak of a woman's riding, because sitting is a more modest and decent conception.');">²⁶</span> and it is said, and thou shalt choose the tongue of the subtle;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Job. XV, 5.');">²⁷</span> and it is said, and that which my lips know they shall speak purely.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. XXXIII, 3.');">²⁸</span>

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