Quotation for Kiddushin 163:6

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> כל שעסקיו עם הנשים לא יתיחד עם הנשים ולא ילמד אדם את בנו אומנות הנשים רבי מאיר אומר לעולם ילמד אדם את בנו אומנות נקיה וקלה ויתפלל למי שהעושר והנכסים שלו שאין אומנות שאין בה עניות ועשירות שלא עניות מן האומנות ולא עשירות מן האומנות אלא הכל לפי זכותו

SAID ON THE AUTHORITY OF ABBA GURIA: ONE SHOULD NOT TEACH HIS SON [TO BE] AN ASS-DRIVER, CAMEL-DRIVER, WAGGONER,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [In the separate editions of the Mishnah: a barber.]');">¹²</span> SAILOR, SHEPHERD, OR SHOPKEEPER, BECAUSE THEIR PROFESSION IS THE PROFESSION OF ROBBERS.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' They lend themselves to fraud. - Drivers, because when sent on long journeys they hire themselves to others in time that is not their own; shepherds, because they lead their flocks into others' fields; shopkeepers, because it is easy to supply adulterated goods. - This probably reflects the actual state of the times.');">¹³</span> R'JUDAH SAID IN HIS NAME:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Abba Guria's.');">¹⁴</span> MOST ASS-DRIVERS ARE WICKED,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As explained in the previous note.');">¹⁵</span>

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