Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Quotation for Kiddushin 163:13

דרש בר קפרא לעולם ילמד אדם את בנו אומנות נקיה וקלה מאי היא אמר רב יהודה

has a conceited spirit, and leans back<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'suspends himself.');"><sup>30</sup></span> when sitting, has a grudging eye and an evil eye;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' He is miserly, and casts an evil eye upon people, so that they should need his services.');"><sup>31</sup></span> he eats much and excretes little;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Because he joins his patients at the meals which follow the operation, and which must be the best food.]');"><sup>32</sup></span> and he is suspected of adultery, robbery<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [His women patients rob their husbands in order to pay him for his services.]');"><sup>33</sup></span> and bloodshed.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [By drawing off too much blood.]');"><sup>34</sup></span> Bar Kappara taught: One should always teach his son a clean and easy craft. What is it? - Said Rab Judah:

Shulchan Arukh, Even HaEzer

We do not suspect Jewish men of lying with another man or with beasts. Therefore, we do not prohibit them from being alone with them, and if one wants to distance themselves from men or beasts, it is a praiseworthy thing. For the great sages (of old) used to keep beasts at a distance in order that they would not be alone with them. But in these generations because such corrupt people exist one should (therefore) try not be alone with a man.
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