Controlling Passions- Mixed Results

4. She also gave a pair of candelabrum that stood above the doors of the sanctuary and ier son, King Monobazus, donated gold handles for the bowls used on Yom Kippur.

5. The sections following M. Sotah 7.2 dealt with other matters unrelated to the main natter connected with the Sotah.

6. The much later comments by Rashi and the Tosfos reminded the reader that the Jealous husband’s suspicions were more than adequate grounds for divorce according o Bet Hillel, who felt that any grounds could be used for a divorce. Therefore the ordeal was not necessary unless one followed Bet Shammai, who considered only adultery as grounds for divorce. A simple divorce would, of course, have simplified natters for everyone and also cast no aspersions on the parentage of any children.