Commentary for Kiddushin 163:2

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> לא ילמד אדם רווק סופרים ולא תלמד אשה סופרים רבי אלעזר אומר אף מי שאין לו אשה לא ילמד סופרים ר' יהודה אומר לא ירעה רווק בהמה ולא יישנו שני רווקין בטלית אחת וחכמים מתירים

BUT THE SAGES PERMIT IT. <big><b>GEMARA: </b></big>What is the reason? Shall we say, on account of the children?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whom they teach - is it feared that they will commit pederasty with them?');">⁵</span> surely it was taught: Said they to R'Judah, Israel are not suspected of either pederasty or bestiality? - But an unmarried man [is forbidden] on account of the children's mothers, and a woman on account of their fathers.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The children were brought to school by their parents.');">⁶</span>

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