Hey there and welcome back to Take One, the podcast that brings you just one righteous page of Talmud each day.

And on today's page, Menachot 44, were treated to one

of the Talmud's greatest stories. This one, also about a prostitute. Have a listen.

Once a man who was very scrupulous about the precept of Tzit, heard of a certain harlot in one of the towns by the sea who accepted

400 gold dinars for her hire. He sent her 400 gold dinars and made an appointment with her.

When the day arrived, he came and waited at her door, and her maid came and told her,

that man who sent you 400 gold din ours is here and waiting at the door.

To which he replied, let him come in.

When he came in, she prepared for him seven beds, six of silver and one of gold,

and between one bed and the other there was a ladder of silver, but the last was of gold.

She then went up to the top bed and lay down upon it

naked. He too went after her in his desire to sit naked with her when all of a sudden the fort

seat of his garment struck him across the face, whereupon he slipped off and sat upon the ground.

She also slipped off and set upon the ground

and swore, by the Roman capital, I will not leave you alone until you tell me what defect you saw in me.

By the temple, he replied, never have I seen a woman as beautiful as you are. But there is one precept which the

Lord our God has commanded us. It is called

Titsit, and with regard to the expression, I am the Lord your God, is twice written signifying,

I am he who will exact punishment in the future, and I am he who will give reward in the future.

Now the Tzit appeared to me as four witnesses testifying against me. She said, I will not leave you

until you tell me your name, the name of your town, the name of your teacher, the name of your school in

which you study the Torah. He wrote all this down and handed it to her. Thereupon she arose and divided

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