Guide
Midwifery and Wet-Nursing between Jews and Non-Jews
Related Primary Sources
Primary Source
The Tosefta on Midwifery and Wet-Nursing
t. Avodah Zarah 3:1
Hebrew
A Jewish woman may act as a midwife to and may nurse the child of a Samaritan woman. [And] a Samaritan woman may act as a midwife to and may nurse the child of a…
Primary Source
The Palestinian Talmud on Midwifery and Wet-Nursing
y. Avodah Zarah 2:1, 40c
Hebrew
A Jewish woman should not assist a non-Jewish woman at a birth [as midwife]—because she helps to rear a son for non-Jewish worship. But a non-Jewish woman may assist a…
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