Reference for Nedarim 182:7
<br><br><big><strong>הדרן עלך ואלו נדרים וסליקא לה מסכת נדרים</strong></big><br><br>
Now, some cress was lying there, and a snake [came and ate] thereof; the master [her husband] was about to eat of the cress, unknown to his wife. 'Do not eat it,' warned the lover, 'because a snake has tasted it.' Said Raba: The wife is permitted: had he committed wrong, he would have been pleased that he should eat thereof and die, as it is written, For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XXIII, 37. ');"><sup>6</sup></span> Surely that is obvious? — I might think that he had committed wrong, and as for his warning, that is because he prefers the husband not to die, so that his wife may be to him as stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prov. IX, 17. Though this Tractate ends with a number of stories referring to adultery, these are not to be taken as reflecting general conditions. The strong opposition to unchastity displayed by the Prophets and the Rabbis, as well as the practice of early marriage, would have conduced to higher moral standards. V. J.E. art. 'Chastity'. ');"><sup>7</sup></span> therefore he teaches otherwise.
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