Break Stuff

Abaye said: “I learned from my mother the different things that a growing child needs at each stage of his development.”

“At first, he needs to take warm baths and to get oil massages.”

“When he gets older, he needs to eat eggs with kutach (a dipping sauce made with sour milk, moldy bread crust and salt).”

“When he gets older, he needs to break stuff.”

Based on this teaching, Rabbah would buy fragile utensils for his sons, and they would break them.

(Yoma 78b)