Teaching a Daughter Greek
R. Abbahu in the name of R. Yoḥanan, “A person is allowed to teach his daughter Greek, because it is an ornament for her.” Simeon b. Ba heard [this] and said, “Because R. Abbahu wanted to teach his daughter Greek, he attributed this [ruling] to R. Yoḥanan.” R. Abbahu heard [this] and said, “[Something bad] shall come upon me if I did not hear this…
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