Quoting%20commentary for Shabbat 241:7

<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> כופין קערה על גבי הנר בשביל שלא תאחוז בקורה ועל צואה של קטן ועל עקרב שלא תישך א"ר יהודה מעשה בא לפני רבן יוחנן בן זכאי בערב ואמר חוששני לו מחטאת:

BUT IF A MINOR COMES TO EXTINGUISH, WE DO NOT PERMIT HIM, BECAUSE HIS RESTING IS OUR OBLIGATION. You may infer from this [that] if a minor eats nebeloth,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Glos.; i.e., any forbidden food. ');">¹⁶</span> it is the duty of <i>Beth din</i> to restrain him?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'to keep him away'. — In Yeb. 114a this is in doubt. ');">¹⁷</span> — Said R. Johanan: This refers to a minor acting at his father's desire.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' But where he acts entirely of his own accord it may not be so. ');">¹⁸</span>

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