Commentary for Kiddushin 162:13

הגדילו זה ישן בכסותו וכו' וכמה אמר רב אדא בר רב עזא אמר רב אסי תינוקת בת תשע שנים ויום אחד תינוק בן שתים עשרה שנה ויום אחד איכא דאמרי תינוקת בת שתים עשרה שנה ויום אחד תינוק בן שלש עשרה ויום אחד וזה וזה כדי שיהיו (יחזקאל טז, ז) שדים נכונו ושערך צמח

Raba said: A man may be alone with two yebamoth,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' PI. of yebamah, q. v. Glos.');">²³</span> two co-wives, a woman and her mother-in-law, a woman and her mother-in-law's daughter, a woman and her husband's daughter,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' All these are held to dislike each other, and so each will be afraid.');">²⁴</span> and with a woman and a child who knows the meaning of intercourse but will not yield herself thereto.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The child is old enough to talk about it, but not old enough to experience desire.');">²⁵</span> WHEN THEY GROW UP, SHE MUST SLEEP IN HER GARMENT, etc. What is the age?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When they must not sleep in bodily contact?');">²⁶</span>

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