Mesorat%20hashas for Shabbat 66:3

אמרו לו נשים יוכיחו שמבטלות את בעליהן נכרים יוכיחו שמבטלין את ישראל תינוקות יוכיחו שמבטלין את אביהן תינוקות של בית רבן יוכיחו

R. Simeon answered and said, As a punishment for the neglect of study.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which is likewise performed with the mouth. ');">⁹</span> Said they to him. Let women prove it!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who are not bidden to study (Kid. 29b), and yet suffer from croup. (cf. Sot. III, 4). ');">¹⁰</span> — That is because they restrain their husbands [from study]. Let Gentiles prove it!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who are not bidden to study the Torah, and are yet subject to it. ');">¹¹</span> — That is because they restrain Israel. Let children prove it! — That is because they make their fathers to neglect [study].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' By childish demands on their time; — a harsh doctrine, but it is abandoned. ');">¹²</span>

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