Does reaching the age of chinuch affect the obligation of others (beyond the father) to prevent a child from sinning?
Synopsis
The Rema records a dispute: some hold that once a child reaches chinuch age all people are obligated to restrain him from sin; others hold that the chinuch obligation applies only to the father, not beit din.
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