A ben sorer u’moreh —- when does he become a ben sorer u’moreh? From when he produces two hairs until his beard grows around —- the lower, not the upper; but the Sages employed delicate terminology —- as it is written: If a man shall have a son —- a son and not a daughter; a son and not a man. A minor is exempt because he has not entered the realm of commandments.

When is he liable? When he eats a tartemar of meat and drinks a half-log of Italian wine. R’ Yose says: A maneh of meat and a log of wine. [If] he ate at a gathering for a mitzvah, [or] he ate at the [meal for the] intercalation of the month; [or] he ate maaser sheni in Jerusalem; [or] he ate neveilos or tereifos, [or] abominable or creeping animals; [(or) he ate tevel, (or) maaser rishon from which its terumah had not been taken, or maaser sheni or hekdesh which had not been redeemed;] [or] he ate something which is a mitzvah or something which is a transgression; [or] he ate any food but meat; or he drank any beverage other than wine —- he does not become a ben sorer u’moreh, unless he eats meat and drinks wine, as it says: He is a glutton and a drunkard. Although there is no proof to the matter, [there is] an indication to the matter, as it says: Be not among wine bibers and gluttonous eaters of meat.

[If] he stole from his father and ate in his father’s domain; [or] from others and he ate in the domain of others; [or] from others and he ate in his father’s domain —- he does not become a ben sorer u’moreh —- unless he steals from his father and eats in the domain of others. R’ Yose the son of R’ Yehudah says: Unless he steals from his father and his mother.

[If] his father was willing and his mother was not, [or] his father was not willing and his mother was willing —- he does not become a ben sorer u’moreh —- unless they are both willing. R’ Yehudah says: [If] his mother did not correspond to his fa-ther he does not become a ben sorer u’moreh.  [If] one of them is missing a hand or was lame, mute, blind, or deaf, he does not become a ben sorer u’moreh, as it says: And his father and mother shall seize him —- which excludes those missing a hand; and they shall take him out —- which excludes the lame; and they shall say —- which excludes the mute; this son of ours —- which excludes the blind; does not heed our voice —- which excludes the deaf.  They warn him before three and flog him. [If] he repeats his misdeed, he is judged by twenty-three. He is not stoned unless the original three are present, as it says: this son of ours —- this son, who was flogged in your presence.  [If] he fled before the sentence was pronounced and his lower beard then grew around, he is exempt. If he fled after the sentence was pronounced and his low-er beard then grew around, he is liable.