Kiddushin 30A

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I would say to the Satan: An arrow in your eye, i.e., I would not be afraid of the evil inclination at all. Rava said to R' Natan bar Ami: While your hand is still on your son’s neck, i.e., while you still have authority and control over him, find him a wife. What is the appropriate age? From 16 u

The Talmud notes that this is like a dispute between tanna’im, based on the verse: “Train a child in the way that he should go” (Proverbs 22:6). R' Yehuda and R' Neḥemya disagreed about the age in which the verse instructs the parent to educate his child: One said that the verse is referring to the

§ The Talmud continues its discussion of a father’s obligation to teach his son Torah. To what extent is a person obligated to teach his son Torah? Rav Yehuda says that Shmuel says: One should emulate the education of, For example: Zevulun ben Dan, a contemporary of Shmuel, whose father’s father t

The Talmud answers that Shmuel’s statement should be understood as follows: One should teach his son like Zevulun ben Dan was taught in certain aspects, but not like Zevulun ben Dan in other respects. One should teach his son like Zevulun ben Dan in that his father’s father taught him; but not like

The Talmud asks: But is one’s father’s father obligated to teach him Torah? But isn’t it taught in a baraita, that the verse: “And you shall teach them to your sons” (Deuteronomy 11:19), indicates: But not your sons’ sons? And how do I realize, i.e., understand, the meaning of the verse: “But make