Sunday 18 December 2016

Mishna condemned such action!

Then Mary took about a pint of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. (John 12:3)


As she stood behind him at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. Then she wiped them with her hair, kissed them and poured perfume on them. (Luke 7:38)

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From above verses we read Jesus had his feet perfumed and washed by a prostitute, which was clearly against the tradition of a Practicing Jew. I've already written about this topic found in my blog http://mustafa-apologist.blogspot.co.uk/2016/11/very-unsual.html

Here I want to show how this was highly unorthodox according to the Jewish oral law. If you read the Mishna you'll find certain rules and regulation on what appropriate actions should be taken with a man and woman whom there is no relation with.


There's an entire chapter with guidelines on what type of actions are forbidden for men towards women whom they are not married to. Let's read from the Mishna how Jesus having his feet washed and perfumed by a women was wrong according to the written oral law

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Mishna Issurei Biah - Chapter Twenty One


It is forbidden for a man to have any woman - whether a minor or an adult, whether a servant or a freed woman - perform personal tasks for him, lest he come to lewd thoughts.
Which tasks are referred to? Washing his face, his hands, or his feet,10 spreading his bed in his presence,11 and pouring him a cup. For these tasks are performed for a man only by his wife.12
[A man] should not send greetings to a woman at all, not even via a messenger.13
(Issurei Biah - Chapter Twenty One verse 5) This applies even if the woman does not actually touch him [Shulchan Aruch (Even HaEzer 21:5)].

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This raises the question, Jesus of the bible condemned the Jews for following the oral laws (Matthew 23) maybe because it applied on him and he  wanted an escape route? Had Jesus known the orthodox Jewish principles and guidelines towards (non mehram) I.e one whom is not your immediate family rather a strange man or woman, he would have abstained the women from perfuming and touching his feet. No wonder the Jews has a problem with his behaviour on delicate issues such as breaking the law of the Torah.

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