Super-Kosher Sex: Niddah 47a

Super-Kosher Sex features a selection of sex-related material from the Talmud and other Jewish sources. Consider it the Unpious Daf Yomi,  bringing you the titillating, the romantic, and the kinky from our holy sages.

Today, we present:

How Much to Pay a Maid for Her to Lift Up Her Shirt

(Nidda 47a)

“What are the signs [of an adult woman]? Rabbi Yosi Haglili says: When the wrinkle appears [beneath her breast]. Said Shmuel: Not when the actual wrinkle appears, but when she places her arms behind her back it looks as if the wrinkle appeared.

Shmuel inspected his slavewoman, and gave her four zuz for the indignity. Shmuel acted in accordance with his principle: Forever thou shalt enslave them. (Leviticus 25) They were given for slavery, not for indignity.

Shmuel assigned mates to his slavewomen. Rav Nachman interchanged them (by allowing promiscuity). Rav Sheshes assigned them to Arabs, and said to them: Stay away from Israelites.”