A person should not drink from this cup and cast his eyes on another cup

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A person should not drink from this cup and cast his eyes on another cup

A person should not drink from this cup and cast his eyes on another cup

By extension: One should not think of another partner while with a particular spouse. A proverb against betraying one’s spouse, even in thought.

("And you shall not go astray after your hearts and after your eyes" (Numbers 15:39) – from here Rabbi said: "A person should not drink from this cup and cast his eyes on another cup" – Nedarim 20b. Likewise: "For the eye sees and the heart devises iniquitous thoughts… whoever gazes at women will ultimately come to sin, for it may happen that his children will be illegitimate from his own wife when he drinks from this cup but casts his eyes on another" – Pele Yoetz, letter Kaf, Kelilat Yofi)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אַל יִשְׁתֶּה אָדָם בַּכּוֹס זֶה וְיִתֵּן עֵינָיו בַּכּוֹס אַחֵר

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אָסוּר לַחֲשֹׁב עַל בֶּן זוּג אַחֵר בַּזְּמַן שֶׁנִּמְצָאִים עִם בֶּן זוּג מְסֻיָּם. פִּתְגָּם נֶגֶד בְּגִידָה בְּבֵן זוּג אוֹ בְּבַת זוּג אֲפִלּוּ לֹא בְּמַחֲשָׁבָה.

("וְלֹא תָתֻרוּ אַחֲרֵי לְבַבְכֶם וְאַחֲרֵי עֵינֵיכֶם (בַּמִּדְבָּר טוּ לט)- מִכָּאן אָמַר רַבִּי: אֶל ישתה אָדָם בְּכוֹס זֶה וְיִתֵּן עֵינָיו בְּכוֹס אַחֵר"- נְדָרִים כ ע"ב, וְכֵן:"כִּי הָעַיִן רוֹאֶה וָלֵב חֹרֶשׁ מַחֲשָׁבוֹת אוֹוֶן...שֵׂכֶל המסתכל בְּנָשִׁים סוֹף בָּא לִידֵי עֲבֵרָה, כִּי יָכוֹל לִהְיוֹת שֶׁיִּהְיוּ בָּנָיו ממזרים מֵאִשְׁתּוֹ בהיותו שׁוֹתֶה בְּכוֹס זֶה ונותן עֵינָיו בְּכוֹס אַחֵר"-פֶּלֶא יועץ/ אוֹת כ', כְּלִילַת יֹפִי)

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