Master of the Universe, it is not fair that we should be subjugated to the seventy nations, but certainly not this one that is penetrated like a woman!
[Translation by Rabbi Steve Greenberg]
Suggested Discussion Questions:
1. Why should it be more "unfair" to be subjugated by a nation that is "penetrated like a woman?"
2. This short text is mostly about shame and power. However, the added factors here are sex and gender. How do you understand the relationships expressed in this source between power, sex and gender?
Time Period: Rabbinic (Maccabees through the Talmud)