Commentary for Kiddushin 160:5

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> מ"ט תנא דבי אליהו הואיל ונשים דעתן קלות עליהן

[states]: Because women are temperamentally light-headed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And even two may yield to temptation.');">⁹</span> How do we know it?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The interdict against being alone with women.');">¹⁰</span> Said R'Johanan on the authority of R'Ishmael, Where do we find an allusion to yihud<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the prohibition of being alone with a woman.');">¹¹</span>

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