The Creation Of The Angel Of Death

Gemara: And they raise a contradiction from another teaching: One may purchase from gentiles an animal for a sacrifice, and one need not be concerned about it on account of its having mounted a woman, nor on account of its having been mounted by a man, nor on account of its having been set aside for idolatry, nor on account of its having been worshipped. Granted, with regard to an animal set aside for idolatry and an animal that was worshipped: if it were so that the gentile had set it aside, and if it were so that he had worshipped it, he would not sell it. But with regard to an animal that mounted a woman or that was mounted by a man, let us be concerned! Rav Tahlifa said that Rav Sheila bar Avina said in the name of Rav: A gentile spares his animal, so that it should not become barren, and therefore he keeps it away from such acts. And if you wish, say instead: even the one who finds the animal also mounts it, as the Master said: The animal of a Jew is more beloved to gentiles than their own wives, as Rabbi Yohanan said: When the serpent came upon Eve, he cast filth into her. If so, this applies to Jews too! The Jews who stood at Mount Sinai, their filth ceased; the gentiles who did not stand at Mount Sinai, their filth did not cease.