Halakhah for Sanhedrin 108:20
מאי לא עשו בו קטן כגדול אמר רב לא עשו ביאת פחות מבן תשע שנים כבן תשע שנים ושמואל אמר לא עשו ביאת פחות מבן שלש שנים כבן שלש שנים
What is the basis of theirdispute? — Rab maintains that <font>only he who is able to engage in sexualintercourse, may</font>, as the passive subject of pederasty <font>throw guilt [upon theactive offender]</font>; whilst he who is unable to engage in sexual intercoursecannot be a passive subject of pederasty [in thatrespect].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' At nine years a male attains sexual matureness. ');"><sup>25</sup></span>
Sefer HaChinukh
To not lay with a beast: To not lay with a beast - whether the man had intercourse with the beast or brought the beast upon himself, it is all included (Sanhedrin 54b); and also included in beast is a [wild] animal - as it is stated (Leviticus 18:23), "And to any beast you shall not give your laying."
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