394. We have learned the last statement of the Ten Commandments of the Torah, reads, "You shall not covet your neighbor's wife" (Shemot 20:14), as this generally represents the whole of them. He who covets another woman is considered transgressing the entire Torah. However, nothing stands before repentance, all the more so if he is willing to accept upon himself his penalty like King David. Rabbi Yosi said: We have learned that repentance does much good to whoever has sinned and then parted from the sin. If he does not PART FROM IT, repentance does not help and is to no avail. HE QUESTIONS: How was it that David did not part from Batsheba afterwards? He replied: Batsheba was his. He took what was his, as her husband had died.
394. וְתַנְיָא מִלָּה בַּתְרָאָה דַּעֲשַׂר אַמְרִין דְּאוֹרַיְיתָא, לֹא תַחְמוֹד אֵשֶׁת רֵעֶךָ, בְּגִין דְּהַאי כְּלָלָא דְּכֻלְּהוּ. וּמַאן דְּחָמִיד אִתְּתָא אָחֳרָא, כְּאִלּוּ אַעְבָּר עַל אוֹרַיְיתָא כֻּלָּא. בְּרַם לָא אִית מִלָּה דְּקַיְּימָא קָמֵי תְּשׁוּבָה. וכ"ש אִי קַבִּיל עוֹנְשֵׁיהּ כְּדָוִד מַלְכָּא. אָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי, תָּנֵינָן, כָּל מַאן דְּחָב וְאִתְפְּרַשׁ מֵהַהוּא חוֹבָא, תְּשׁוּבָה קָא מְעַלְּיָיא לֵיהּ טְפֵי. וְאִי לָאו, לָא סָלִיק בִּידֵיהּ תְּשׁוּבָה, וְלָא מְעַלְּיָיא לֵיהּ. אִי הָכִי, דָּוִד הֵיךְ לָא אִתְפְּרַשׁ מִבַּת שֶׁבַע לְבָתַר. אָמַר לֵיהּ, בַּת שֶׁבַע דִּידֵיהּ הֲוַת, וְדִידֵיהּ נָטִיל, דְּהָא מִית בַּעְלָהּ.