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Sifrei Devarim 218

(Devarim 21:18) "If there be to a man a son (who goes astray"): and not if there be to a son (one who has not reached the state of manhood) a son. "a son": and not a daughter. "a son": and not a man (one who has reached the state of manhood.) A minor is exempt, for he is not obligated in (the observance of) mitzvoth. " sorer " ("who turns astray") " umoreh " ("and who teaches"): two times. He turns astray from the Torah, and he teaches himself a "different way" (viz. Ibid . 20) "he gluts and he guzzles." Variantly: " sorer ": against the words of his father, " umoreh ": against the words of his mother. " sorer ": against the words of the Torah; " umoreh ": against the words of the prophets. " sorer ": against the words of witnesses; " umoreh ": against the words of judges. R. Yashiah said: Three things were told to me by R. Zeira in the name of the men of Jerusalem: A sotah (a woman suspected of infidelity) — if her husband wishes to forgive her, he may do so. A sorer umoreh — if his father and mother wish to forgive him, they may do so. An elder who rebels against beth-din — if his colleagues wish to forgive him, they may do so. And when I came and presented this to R. Yehudah b. Betheira, with two he agreed, and with one he did not agree. With (what was stated concerning) sorer umoreh , and with sotah , he agreed. With a rebellious elder, he did not agree — so as not to multiply dissension in Israel. "not heeding the voice of his father and the voice of his mother": I might think (that this applies) even if his father and mother told him to light a candle and he refused; it is, therefore, written "not heeding" here —"not heeding" elsewhere ( Ibid . 20) as an identity ( gezeirah shavah ). Just as "not heeding" there — " sorer umoreh … glutting and guzzling," so, "not heeding" here" — " sorer umoreh ," glutting and guzzling. "glutting and guzzling": R. Yossi b. R. Yehudah says: He is not liable (for this) until he steals (what he consumes) from his father and from his mother. "and they chastise him": by stripes.

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