kek 30the she-donkey said to balaam, "am i not your she-donkey on which you have ridden since you first started until now? have i been accustomed to do this to you?" he said, "no." > have i become accustomed heb.  . as the targum [onkelos] renders [lit., have i learned to do this?]. similarly, does man learn () for god? (job 22:2). our rabbis, however, expounded this verse in the talmud: they [the moabite dignitaries] said to him, why arent you riding on a horse? he [balaam] said to them, i sent it out to pasture. [immediately, the she-donkey retorted, am i not your she-donkey? he said to her, just for bearing burdens. she retorted, on which you have ridden. he said to her, only on occasion. she retorted, since you first started until now, and not only that but i provide you with riding by day, and with intimacy at night, (interpreting heb.   as i heated you up,") as is stated in tractate avodah zarah [4b].
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