There is no guardian against unchastity

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There is no guardian against unchastity

There is no guardian against unchastity

It is not possible to appoint a supervisor in matters of sexuality and intimacy. By extension: there is no guarantee or security against the possibility of failing in transgressions related to forbidden sexual relations (originally: even a pious person is not appointed as a guard in a courtyard where there are women).

("They said to him: Most idolaters are promiscuous, he said to them: There is no guardian against unchastity" - Ketubot 13b, and also: "For there is no guardian against unchastity, and whoever is greater than his fellow, his inclination is greater than his, and much youth does, and many bad friends do" - Pele Yoetz, Aleph, Love of the Children)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

אֵין אַפּוֹטְרוֹפּוֹס לָעֲרָיוֹת

Definition (Hebrew)

לֹא נִתָּן לְמַנּוֹת מַשְׁגִּיחַ בְּכָל הַקָּשׁוּר לְעִנְיְנֵי מִין וְאִישׁוּת. בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אֵין כָּל עֲרֻבָּה וּבִטָּחוֹן מִפְּנֵי הָאֶפְשָׁרוּת שֶׁל הִכָּשְׁלוּת בַּעֲבֵרוֹת הַקְּשׁוּרוֹת בְּאִסּוּרֵי יַחֲסִי מִין (בַּמָּקוֹר: אֵין מְמַנִּים אֲפִלּוּ אָדָם חָסִיד לִהְיוֹת שׁוֹמֵר בֶּחָצֵר שֶׁיֵּשׁ בָּהּ נָשִׁים).

("אָמְרוּ לוֹ: רֹב עוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים פְּרוּצִים בַּעֲרָיוֹת הֵם, אָמַר לָהֶן: אֵין אַפּוֹטְרוֹפּוֹס לַעֲרָיוֹת"- כְּתֻבּוֹת יג ע"ב, וְכֵן:"כִּי אֵין אַפּוֹטְרוֹפּוֹס לַעֲרָיוֹת וְכָל הַגָּדוֹל מֵחֲבֵרוֹ יִצְרוֹ גָּדוֹל מִמֶּנּוּ,וְהַרְבֵּה יַלְדוּת עוֹשֶׂה, וְהַרְבֵּה חֲבֵרִים הָרָעִים עוֹשִׂים"-פֶּלֶא יוֹעֵץ/ אוֹת אַ-אַהֲבַת הַבָּנִים)

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