Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Quoting%20commentary for Yoma 148:14

(דברים ח, טז) המאכילך מן במדבר למען ענותך רבי אמי ורבי אסי חד אמר אינו דומה מי שיש לו פת בסלו למי שאין לו פת בסלו וחד אמר אינו דומה מי שרואה ואוכל למי שאינו רואה ואוכל

What is [meant by]: And if you should have any remark [in objection thereto]? - One might have said Scripture speaks here of marital intercourse,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The term 'affliction' is used for the abstention therefrom, as well as for rape, in the Talmud (infra 77a) as well as in the Bible, Deut. XXII, 24 and elsewhere.');"><sup>14</sup></span> therefore the text reads: 'And I will destroy that soul', i.e., an afflic which causes the destruction of life, and that is [the abstention from] eating and drinking.

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