Sotah 2

הָיָה מֵבִיא אֶת מִנְחָתָהּ בְּתוֹךְ כְּפִיפָה מִצְרִית וְנוֹתְנָהּ עַל יָדֶיהָ כְּדֵי לְיַגְּעָהּ. כָּל הַמְּנָחוֹת תְּחִלָּתָן וְסוֹפָן בִּכְלִי שָׁרֵת, וְזוֹ תְּחִלָּתָהּ בִּכְפִיפָה מִצְרִית וְסוֹפָהּ בִּכְלִי שָׁרֵת. כָּל הַמְּנָחוֹת טְעוּנוֹת שֶׁמֶן וּלְבֹנָה, וְזוֹ אֵינָהּ טְעוּנָה לֹא שֶׁמֶן וְלֹא לְבֹנָה. כָּל הַמְּנָחוֹת בָּאוֹת מִן הַחִטִּין, וְזוֹ בָאָה מִן הַשְּׂעוֹרִין. מִנְחַת הָעֹמֶר אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁבָּאָה מִן הַשְּׂעוֹרִין הִיא הָיְתָה בָאָה גֶרֶשׂ, וְזוֹ בָאָה קֶמַח. רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר, כְּשֵׁם שֶׁמַּעֲשֶׂיהָ מַעֲשֵׂה בְהֵמָה, כָּךְ קָרְבָּנָהּ מַאֲכַל בְּהֵמָה:

He would bring her meal-offering in an twisted basket and put it into her hand in order to tire her. All meal-offerings start and end in service-vessels, but this one starts in a twisted basket and ends in a service-vessel. All meal-offerings require oil and frankincense, but this one requires neither oil nor frankincense. All meal-offerings come from wheat, but this one comes from barley. The meal-offering of the <i>omer</i>, though it comes from barley, comes from that which was sifted, but this one comes from unsifted. Rabbi Gamliel said: Just as her deeds were like those of an animal, so too her sacrifice is from food for animals.

הָיָה מֵבִיא פְיָלִי שֶׁל חֶרֶס חֲדָשָׁה, וְנוֹתֵן לְתוֹכָהּ חֲצִי לֹג מַיִם מִן הַכִּיּוֹר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, רְבִיעִית. כְּשֵׁם שֶׁמְּמַעֵט בַּכְּתָב, כָּךְ מְמַעֵט בַּמָּיִם. נִכְנַס לַהֵיכָל וּפָנָה לִימִינוֹ, וּמָקוֹם הָיָה שָׁם אַמָּה עַל אַמָּה, וְטַבְלָא שֶׁל שַׁיִשׁ, וְטַבַּעַת הָיְתָה קְבוּעָה בָהּ. וּכְשֶׁהוּא מַגְבִּיהָהּ, נוֹטֵל עָפָר מִתַּחְתֶּיהָ וְנוֹתֵן כְּדֵי שֶׁיֵּרָאֶה עַל הַמַּיִם, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (במדבר ה) וּמִן הֶעָפָר אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בְּקַרְקַע הַמִּשְׁכָּן יִקַּח הַכֹּהֵן וְנָתַן אֶל הַמָּיִם:

He would bring a new clay bowl, and put into it half a <i>log</i> of water from the basin. R. Yehuda said: a quarter [of a <i>log</i>]. For just as he minimizes the writing, so too does he minimize the water. He entered the Sanctuary and faced to his right, and there was a place one cubit by one cubit and a marble tablet with a ring that was affixed to it. And when he lifted it, he took dust from beneath it and put [in the bowl] enough to be seen on the water, as it says, "and from the dust that will be on the floor of the Tabernacle the priest will take and give to the water" (Numbers 5:17).

בָּא לוֹ לִכְתֹּב אֶת הַמְּגִלָּה, מֵאֵיזֶה מָקוֹם הוּא כוֹתֵב, (במדבר ה) מֵאִם לֹא שָׁכַב אִישׁ וְגוֹ', וְאַתְּ כִּי שָׂטִית תַּחַת אִישֵׁךְ וְגוֹ'. וְאֵינוֹ כוֹתֵב וְהִשְׁבִּיעַ הַכֹּהֵן אֶת הָאִשָּׁה וְגוֹ'. וְכוֹתֵב יִתֵּן ה' אוֹתָךְ לְאָלָה וְלִשְׁבֻעָה וְגוֹ', וּבָאוּ הַמַּיִם הַמְאָרְרִים הָאֵלֶּה בְּמֵעַיִךְ לַצְבּוֹת בֶּטֶן וְלַנְפִּל יָרֵךְ. וְאֵינוֹ כוֹתֵב וְאָמְרָה הָאִשָּׁה אָמֵן אָמֵן. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, לֹא הָיָה מַפְסִיק. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, כָּל עַצְמוֹ אֵינוֹ כוֹתֵב, אֶלָּא יִתֵּן ה' אוֹתָךְ לְאָלָה וְלִשְׁבֻעָה וְגוֹ' וּבָאוּ הַמַּיִם הַמְאָרְרִים הָאֵלֶּה בְּמֵעַיִךְ וְגוֹ'. וְאֵינוֹ כוֹתֵב וְאָמְרָה הָאִשָּׁה אָמֵן אָמֵן:

When he comes to write the scroll, from which place does he write? From: "if no man has lain" etc. (Numbers 5:19) and (Numbers 5:20) "if you have strayed while under [the authority of] your husband" (Numbers 5:20). But he does not write: "And the priest should administer an oath to the woman" (Numbers 5:21). And he writes: (Numbers 5:21-22) "May God give you as a curse and as an oath," "that these curse-causing waters will come into your intestines to distend your belly and to collapse your thighs" (Numbers 5:21-22). But he does not write: "and the woman shall say 'Amen Amen'". R. Yosi said: he does not interrupt [the text]. R. Yehuda said: he only writes, "May God give you as a curse and as an oath" etc. "that these curse-causing waters will come into your intestines" etc. And he does not write, "and the woman shall say 'Amen Amen'".

אֵינוֹ כוֹתֵב לֹא עַל הַלּוּחַ וְלֹא עַל הַנְּיָר וְלֹא עַל הַדִּפְתְּרָא, אֶלָּא עַל הַמְּגִלָּה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שם) בַּסֵּפֶר. וְאֵינוֹ כוֹתֵב לֹא בְקוֹמוֹס וְלֹא בְקַנְקַנְתּוֹם וְלֹא בְכָל דָּבָר שֶׁרוֹשֵׁם, אֶלָּא בִדְיוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (שם) וּמָחָה, כְּתָב שֶׁיָּכוֹל לְהִמָּחֵק:

He may not write upon the tablet and not upon the papyrus and not upon the [unprocessed] animal hide rather upon the scroll, as it says, "in a book" (Numbers 5:23). And he may not write with gum, or with vitriol, or with anything that leaves an impression, rather with ink, as it says: "and blot out" (Numbers 5:23) a writing that can be erased.

עַל מַה הִיא אוֹמֶרֶת אָמֵן אָמֵן. אָמֵן עַל הָאָלָה, אָמֵן עַל הַשְּׁבוּעָה. אָמֵן מֵאִישׁ זֶה, אָמֵן מֵאִישׁ אַחֵר. אָמֵן שֶׁלֹּא שָׂטִיתִי אֲרוּסָה וּנְשׂוּאָה וְשׁוֹמֶרֶת יָבָם וּכְנוּסָה, אָמֵן שֶׁלֹּא נִטְמֵאתִי. וְאִם נִטְמֵאתִי, יָבֹאוּ בִי. רַבִּי מֵאִיר אוֹמֵר, אָמֵן שֶׁלֹּא נִטְמֵאתִי, אָמֵן שֶׁלֹּא אֶטָּמֵא:

To what does she respond 'Amen Amen'? Amen to the curse, Amen to the oath. Amen with regard to this man, Amen with regard to another man. Amen that I did not commit adultery while betrothed, or while married, or while awaiting Levirate marriage, or after being taken [to his house]. Amen that I did not become impure. And if I became impure, may they [the curses] be upon me. R. Meir said: Amen that I did not become impure, Amen that I will not become impure.

הַכֹּל שָׁוִין שֶׁאֵינוֹ מַתְנֶה עִמָּהּ לֹא עַל קֹדֶם שֶׁתִּתְאָרֵס וְלֹא עַל מֵאַחַר שֶׁתִּתְגָּרֵשׁ. נִסְתְּרָה לְאַחֵר וְנִטְמֵאת וְאַחַר כָּךְ הֶחֱזִירָהּ, לֹא הָיָה מַתְנֶה עִמָּהּ. זֶה הַכְּלָל, כֹּל שֶׁתִּבָּעֵל וְלֹא הָיְתָה אֲסוּרָה לוֹ, לֹא הָיָה מַתְנֶה עִמָּהּ:

Everyone agrees that he may not stipulate with her--not about before she was betrothed and not about after she is divorced. If she secluded herself after [she was divorced], became impure, and after that he remarried her, he may not stipulate with her [about that period]. This is the rule: whenever she engaged in sexual intercourse and she was not forbidden to him, he may not stipulate with her.