Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Halakhah for Kiddushin 162:4

כי אתא לביתיה הוה קא שגרא דביתהו תנורא סליק וקא יתיב בגויה אמרה ליה מאי האי אמר לה הכי והכי הוה מעשה אמרה ליה אנא הואי לא אשגח בה עד דיהבה ליה סימני אמר לה אנא מיהא לאיסורא איכווני כל ימיו של אותו צדיק היה מתענה עד שמת באותה מיתה

One day, while he was studying in his garden, she adorned herself and repeatedly walked up and down before him.' Who are you? ' he demanded.' I am Harutha,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A well known prostitute of that town.');"><sup>8</sup></span> and have returned to-day,' she replied.

Sefer HaChinukh

And also as they, may their memory be blessed, were like angels, as they had no other occupation - even for a short time - beside Torah and the commandments; and their intention was famous to the whole world like the sun; and they would not feel any evil feeling about anything, due to their great clinging to the Torah and the commandments. But we now should not even breach a small fence in these matters at all, but rather guard all of the ditancinings that they, may their memory be blessed, informed us [about] in particular. And regarding that which they did not mention, each and every one should do according to that which he finds his person ready, as we said. As if he finds about himself that he needs a fence even about the permissible, he should fence himself - as we found (Kiddushin 81b) one of the Sages who said, "Be careful with me because of my daughter," even though it is permitted for a man to isolate himself with his daughter, as we will write with God's will - since this matter is very difficult, and the evil impulse about it is strong.
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