Quoting%20commentary for Nedarim 40:5
אמר אמימר מאן מלאכי השרת רבנן דאי תימא מלאכי השרת ממש אמאי אמר רבי יוחנן אין הלכה כיוחנן בן דהבאי הא אינהו בקיאי בצורת הולד טפי ואמאי קרו להו מלאכי השרת דמצייני כמלאכי השרת
R. Johanan said: The above is the view of R. Johanan b. Dahabai; but <font>our Sages said</font>: The <i>halachah</i> is not as R. Johanan b. Dahabai, but <font>a man may do whatever he pleases with his wife [at intercourse]:</font> A parable; <font>Meat which comes from the abattoir, may be eaten salted, roasted, cooked or seethed; so with fish from the fishmonger.</font><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [This parable serves to express the absence of reserve that may characterise the mutual and intimate relationship of husband and wife without offending the laws of chastity.] ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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