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Yevamot
Daf 49b
or with a sotah, the child [born from either union] is no bastard. 'A menstruant', since betrothal with her is valid because it is said, And her impurity be upon him, even at the time of her menstruation betrothal with her is valid. 'A sotah' also, since her betrothal is valid. It has been taught likewise: All agree that if one cohabited with a menstruant or with a sotah or with a widow awaiting the decision of a levir, the child [born from any such union] is no bastard. And Abaye? — He was in doubt in the case of a widow awaiting the decision of the levir as to whether [the law is] in agreement with Rab or with Samuel. SAID R. SIMEON B. AZZAI etc. [A tanna] recited: Simeon b. 'Azzai said, 'I found a roll of genealogical records in Jerusalem and therein was written "So-and-so is a bastard [having been born] from a forbidden union with] a married woman" and therein was also written "The teaching of R. Eliezer b. Jacob is small in quantity but thoroughly sifted". And in it was also written, "Manasseh slew Isaiah"'. Raba said: He brought him to trial and then slew him. He said to him: Your teacher Moses said, 'For men shall not see Me and live' and you said, 'I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up'. Your teacher Moses said, 'For what [great nation is there, that hath God so nigh unto them], as the Lord our God is whensoever we call upon him', and you said, 'Seek ye the Lord when he may be found'. Your teacher Moses said, 'The number of thy days I will fulfil' but you said, 'And I will add on to your days fifteen years'. 'I know', thought Isaiah, 'that whatever I may tell him he will not accept; and should I reply at all, I would only cause him to be a wilful [homicide]'. He thereupon pronounced [the Divine] Name and was swallowed up by a cedar. The cedar, however, was brought and sawn asunder. When the saw reached his month he died. [And this was his penalty] for having said, 'And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips'. [Do not] the contradictions between the Scriptural texts, however, still remain? — 'I saw the Lord', [is to be understood] in accordance with what was taught: All the prophets looked into a dim glass, but Moses looked through a clear glass. As to 'Seek ye the Lord when he may be found [etc.'] one [verse] applies to an individual, the other to a congregation. When [is the time for] an individual? — R. Nahman replied in the name of Rabbah b. Abbuha: The ten days between the New Year and the Day of Atonement. Concerning the number of thy days I will fulfil, Tannaim are in disagreement. For it was taught: The number of thy days I will fulfil