Commentary for Kiddushin 163:4

ר' אלעזר אומר אף מי שאין כו' איבעיא להו מי שאין לו אשה כלל או דלמא בשאינה שרויה אצלו תא שמע אף מי שיש לו ואינה שרויה אצלו לא ילמד סופרים

<big><b>MISHNAH: </b></big>ONE WHOSE BUSINESS IS WITH WOMEN MUST NOT BE ALONE WITH WOMEN;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even many, because he is intimate with them.');">⁸</span> AND ONE SHOULD NOT TEACH HIS SON A WOMAN'S TRADE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a trade in women's requirements.');">⁹</span> R'MEIR SAID: ONE SHOULD ALWAYS TEACH HIS SON A CLEAN AND EASY CRAFT, AND PRAY TO HIM TO WHOM [ALL] WEALTH AND PROPERTY BELONG. FOR NO CRAFT DOES NOT CONTAIN [THE POTENTIALITIES OF] POVERTY AND WEALTH, FOR NEITHER POVERTY NOR WEALTH IS DUE TO THE CRAFT, BUT ALL DEPENDS ON ONES MERIT.

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