brothel / house of ill-fame

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brothel / house of ill-fame

brothel / house of ill-fame

A brothel. A place where prostitutes reside.

("‘God of gold, it is You who caused them, who bestowed upon them gold and all their desire, what shall they do not to sin? A parable of a king who fed and gave drink to his son, adorned him, hung a purse around his neck, and placed him at the entrance of a brothel; what shall the son do not to sin?’ – Rashi, Exodus 32:50, and also: ‘For it is a warning to the court not to let any daughter of Israel sit at the crossroads with eyes on the road for immorality, or to establish for her a brothel according to the custom of foreign lands’ – Ramban, Deuteronomy 23)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בֵּית זוֹנוֹת, קוּבָּה שֶׁל זוֹנוֹת

Definition (Hebrew)

בֵּית בּוֹשֶׁת. מָקוֹם שְׁהוּתָן שֶׁל יְצָאנִיּוֹת.

("אֱלֹהֵי זָהָב אַתָּה הוּא שֶׁגָּרַמְתָּ לָהֶם, שֶׁהִשְׁפַּעְתָּ לָהֶם זָהָב וְכָל חֵפְצָם, מָה יַעֲשׂוּ שֶׁלֹּא יֶחֱטָאוּ. מָשָׁל לְמֶלֶךְ שֶׁהָיָה מַאֲכִיל וּמַשְׁקֶה אֶת בְּנוֹ וּמְקַשֵּׁטוֹ וּתֹלֶה לוֹ כִּיס בְּצַוָּארוֹ וּמַעֲמִידוֹ בְּפֶתַח בֵּית זֹנוֹת, מָה יַעֲשֶׂה הַבֵּן שֶׁלֹּא יֶחֱטָא" – רַשִׁ״י שְׁמוֹת לֵב נ, וְכֵן: "כִּי הוּא אֲזָהָרָה לְבֵית דִּין שֶׁלֹּא יַנִּיחוּ אַחַת מִבְּנוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל לִהְיוֹת יוֹשֶׁבֶת בְּפָרָשַׁת דְּרָכִים בְּעֵינַיִם עַל הַדֶּרֶךְ ... אוֹ שֶׁתְּתַקֵּן לָהּ קוּבָּה שֶׁל זֹנוֹת כְּמִנְהָג אַרְצוֹת זָרִים" – רַמבָּ״ן דְּבָרִים כג)

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