Quoting%20commentary for Yevamot 227:3

ת"ש עובד כוכבים שבא לכבות אין אומרים לו כבה ואל תכבה מפני שאין שביתתו עליהם קטן הבא לכבות אומרים לו אל תכבה ששביתתו עליהם

Come and hear: If an idolater came to extinguish [a fire],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the Sabbath when labour is forbidden to an Israelite. ');">¹⁰</span> he is not to be told either. 'Put it out' or 'Do not put it out', because it is not the duty of the Israelites present<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'upon them'. ');">¹¹</span> to enforce his Sabbath rest. If a minor [Israelite], however, came to extinguish [the fire], he must be told, 'Do not put it out', since it is the duty of the Israelites present<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'upon them'. ');">¹¹</span> to enforce his Sabbath rest!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Shab. 121a. Which shews, contrary to the opinion of R. Pedath, that even where a child acts in pure innocence, he must he prevented from transgressing a law. ');">¹²</span> R. Johanan replied: [The child is inhibited only] where he [appears to] act with his father's approval.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., if his father is present at the time he commits the transgression. The father's silence is interpreted as approval and encouragement of the child to continue his forbidden act. Hence the rule that he must he prevented from the desecration of the Sabbath. When, however, the child acts in the absence of his father it is no one's duty to restrain him. ');">¹³</span>

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