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Shulchan Arukh, Even HaEzer 24
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Even HaEzer Siman 24 is a source-text unit from the Shulchan Arukh with 1 seifim. Its reading map separates the practical rule, its conditions and the points that need comparison with the surrounding text.
Original text
<b>אין ישראל חשודים על הרביעה ועל הזכר. ובו סעיף אחד:</b><br>לא נחשדו ישראל על משכב זכר ועל הבהמה לפיכך אין איסור להתייחד עמהן ואם נתרחק אפי' מיחוד זכר ובהמה הרי זה משובח וגדולי החכמים היו מרחיקין הבהמה כדי שלא יתייחדו עמהם ובדורות הללו שרבו הפריצים יש להתרחק מלהתייחד עם הזכר:
We do not suspect Jewish men of lying with another man or with beasts. Therefore, we do not prohibit them from being alone with them, and if one wants to distance themselves from men or beasts, it is a praiseworthy thing. For the great sages (of old) used to keep beasts at a distance in order that they would not be alone with them. But in these generations because such corrupt people exist one should (therefore) try not be alone with a man.
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