Rav Hisda praised Rav Hamnuna before Rav Huna as a great man. Huna said to him, "When Hamnuna visits you, bring him to me."
When Rav Hamnuna arrived, Huna saw he had no head covering. "Why have you no head covering?" he asked
"Because I am not married," he replied.
"See to it that you do not return until you are married."
Rav Huna was following his position as a teacher: "He who is twenty and has not yet married, all his days are in sin."
In sin? Can you really think that? Instead say, "All his days are spent in sinful thoughts." -Kiddushin 29 b
An interesting viewpoint about youth. The talmudic view is to make young people responsible when they are young so they do not turn their attention to things that may bring them, or others, harm
When Rav Hamnuna arrived, Huna saw he had no head covering. "Why have you no head covering?" he asked
"Because I am not married," he replied.
"See to it that you do not return until you are married."
Rav Huna was following his position as a teacher: "He who is twenty and has not yet married, all his days are in sin."
In sin? Can you really think that? Instead say, "All his days are spent in sinful thoughts." -Kiddushin 29 b
An interesting viewpoint about youth. The talmudic view is to make young people responsible when they are young so they do not turn their attention to things that may bring them, or others, harm
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