Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 122:17
ואיכא דאמרי הא יש לו בנים בטיל מפריה ורביה ובטיל נמי מאשה נימא תיהוי תיובתא דרב נחמן אמר שמואל לא אין לו בנים נושא אשה בת בנים יש לו בנים נושא אשה דלאו בת בנים נפקא מינה למכור ספר תורה בשביל בנים:
<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. A MAN SHALL NOT ABSTAIN FROM THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DUTY OF THE PROPAGATION OF THE RACE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [H]. V, Gen. I, 28: [H], be fruitful and multiply. ');"><sup>44</sup></span> UNLESS HE ALREADY HAS CHILDREN. [AS TO THE NUMBER]. BETH SHAMMAI RULED: TWO MALES, AND BETH HILLEL RULED: MALE AND A FEMALE, FOR IT IS STATED IN SCRIPTURE, MALE AND FEMALE CREATED HE THEM.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. V, 2. ');"><sup>45</sup></span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. [This implies] if he has children, he may abstain from performing the duty of propagation but not from that of living with a wife.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since our Mishnah mentions only the exemption from the former and not from that of the latter. ');"><sup>46</sup></span>
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