[Avodah] Gid Hanasheh

[Zev Sero]

Many meforshim on the story of Yaacov and the angel seem to connect the
gid hanasheh with the generative organ and the power of procreation.
Could someone explain what is the connection, apart from them both being
in the same general area?  Surely it has nothing to do with the mistaken
etymology that Ibn Ezra rejects, linking "nasheh" to "nashim".  There
must be some connection in inyan between the two, but I don't know what.
(When Avraham says "tachas yereichi" I assume it's a euphemism, and he
actually meant the milah; but here there's no question that it means the
sciatic nerve, so that answer won't work.)



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