Rashi's Daughters, book Ii: Miriam
“But his sibling gave her a wink, and when she returned with a steaming bowl of stirabout and a platter of smoked herring, he slipped her some coins. She paused halfway to the kitchen, counted her money, and blew her admirer a kiss.
Judah grimaced, then leaned across the table and complained to his brother, “Azariel, is your yetzer hara so strong that you find it necessary to bed the serving wench at every inn?”
Azariel chuckled and helped himself to the stirabout. “What’s it to you who I bed? I...t takes the same amount of time to get from Paris to Mayence no matter how I spend my nights.” The easy availability of women at most inns was a perquisite for the merchant who had to travel long distances.
What Azariel said was true, but Judah couldn’t leave things be. “You just spent the last month home with your wife, too.”
“Listen little brother, you’ve made your opinion clear.” Azariel was starting to get annoyed. He and Judah made the round-trip between their home and the yeshiva twice a year, once for Passover and once for the Days of Awe, and they usually enjoyed each other’s company.MoreLess
Judah grimaced, then leaned across the table and complained to his brother, “Azariel, is your yetzer hara so strong that you find it necessary to bed the serving wench at every inn?”
Azariel chuckled and helped himself to the stirabout. “What’s it to you who I bed? I...t takes the same amount of time to get from Paris to Mayence no matter how I spend my nights.” The easy availability of women at most inns was a perquisite for the merchant who had to travel long distances.
What Azariel said was true, but Judah couldn’t leave things be. “You just spent the last month home with your wife, too.”
“Listen little brother, you’ve made your opinion clear.” Azariel was starting to get annoyed. He and Judah made the round-trip between their home and the yeshiva twice a year, once for Passover and once for the Days of Awe, and they usually enjoyed each other’s company.MoreLess
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