Rich, Joel wrote: > the Rambam in Peirush hamishnayot > sanhedrin 3:3 "vyesod hu btorateinu shein rauy ladam lhaasik et atzmo > bolam hazeh ela bechad mishnei dvarim o bchachmah lhashlim ba et atzmo, > o besek sheyoil lo bkiyum haolam kgon umnut o meschar" > I don't think this implies issur; it merely implies censure. David Riceman