Where in this paragraph do you read that circumcision removes any hindrance to intimacy? From the context?
Noam Eitan, Brooklyn, NY On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Isaac Fried <[email protected]> wrote: > I vaguely recall that a short while ago we had a discussion here on the > enigmatic incident at the inn on the way to Egypt, as described in Ex. 4:25 > > ותיקח צפורה צור ותכרות את ערלת בנה ותגע לרגליו ותאמר כי חתן דמים אתה לי > > "Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, > and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me" > > Reading today Lev. 12:2-4 > > אשה כי תזריע וילדה זכר וטמאה שבעת ימים כימי נדת דותה תטמא וביום השמיני > ימול בשר ערלתו ושלשים יום ושלשת ימים תשב בדמי טהרה בכל קדש לא תגע ואל המקדש > לא תבא עד מלאת ימי טהרה > > "If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child then she shall be > unclean seven days according to the days of the separation for her > infirmity shall she be unclean And in the eighth day the flesh of his > foreskin shall be circumcised And she shall then continue in the blood of > her purifying three and thirty days she shall touch no hallowed thing nor > come into the sanctuary until the days of her purifying be fulfilled" > > It occurred to me that this is a possible resolution to the puzzling חתן > דמים XATAN DAMIYM, namely, that a birth giving woman was prohibited to her > husband until the circumcision of her new born son on day eight. To remove > this overdue hindrance at the hotel, where they were together at leisure, > the enterprising, far from squeamish, Ziporah did what she had to do, threw > the foreskin at her husband's feet (as was the custom?) to remind him of > his conjugal obligations as her XATAN. > Isaac Fried, Boston University > > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > >
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