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Shareדְּאָמַר אַבָּיֵי, אֲמַרָה לִי אֵם: בַּר שֵׁית — לְמִקְרָא, בַּר עֶשֶׂר — לְמִשְׁנָה, בַּר תְּלֵיסַר — לְתַעֲנִיתָא מֵעֵת לְעֵת. וּבְתִינוֹקֶת — בַּת תְּרֵיסַר.
This is as Abaye said: My foster mother told me that a six-year-old is ready for Bible study and a ten-year-old is mature enough to study Mishna. Additionally, a thirteen-year-old is sufficiently developed to fast for twenty-four hours like any other adult. And as for a girl, she must start observing fasts when she is twelve years old.
אָמַר אַבָּיֵי, אֲמַרָה לִי אֵם: הַאי בַּר שֵׁית דְּטָרְקָא לֵיהּ עַקְרַבָּא בְּיוֹמָא דְּמִישְׁלַם שֵׁית — לָא חָיֵי. מַאי אָסוּתֵיהּ — מְרָרְתָּא דְּדַיָּה חִיוָּרְתָּא בְּשִׁיכְרָא, נִשְׁפְּיֵיהּ וְנַשְׁקְיֵיהּ. הַאי בַּר שַׁתָּא דְּטָרֵיק לֵיהּ זִיבּוּרָא בְּיוֹמָא דְּמִישְׁלַם שַׁתָּא — לָא חָיֵי. מַאי אָסוּתֵיהּ — אַצְוָתָא דְּדִיקְלָא בְּמַיָּא, נִשְׁפְּיֵיהּ וְנַשְׁקְיֵיהּ.
The Gemara cites another statement of Abaye in the name of his foster mother. Abaye said: My mother told me that a six-year-old child who is stung by a scorpion on the day that he completes six years will not live without emergency treatment. What is his cure? The bile of a white vulture in beer. One should rub him with this mixture and make him drink it. She further said to him: A one-year-old child who is stung by a hornet on the day that he completes a year will not live without emergency treatment. What is his cure? Palm-tree fiber in water. Again, one should rub him with it and make him drink it.
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