[Avodah] Reuven's sin

[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Tue, 19 May 2009 21:12:18 +0300
"Rabbi Y. H. Henkin" <henkin at 012.net.il> wrote:

> For Reuven's sin "al pashto" see Rambam Sotah 3:2, and compare Bava Batra 15b  "anyone who says that the Queen of Sheba was a female..."(!) From there see interpretation in Bnei Banim vol. 4 maamar 9, available at hebrewbooks.org.

It is pretty clear that Ralbag (in the thirteenth To'eles at the end of
Mikez) understands Reuven's sin literally.

Yitzhak
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