Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Quotation for Kiddushin 163:5

ר' יהודה אומר לא ירעה כו' תניא אמרו לו לרבי יהודה לא נחשדו ישראל על משכב זכור ולא על הבהמה

R'SIMEON B. ELEAZAR SAID: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A WILD BEAST OR A BIRD WITH A CRAFT? YET THEY ARE SUSTAINED WITHOUT ANXIETY. NOW, THEY WERE CREATED ONLY TO SERVE ME, WHILE I WAS CREATED TO SERVE MY MASTER: SURELY THEN I SHOULD MAKE A LIVING WITHOUT ANXIETY! BUT BECAUSE I HAVE ACTED EVILLY AND DESTROYED MY LIVELIHOOD.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Much of man's troubles are of his own making. - 'I have acted evilly' states this general truth, and is not to be confused with the doctrine of Original Sin, which is foreign to Judaism.');"><sup>10</sup></span> ABBA GURION OF ZADIAN<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [Identified with Bethsaida in Galilee, v. Klein, MGWJ. 1915, p. 167.]');"><sup>11</sup></span>

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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