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Tziporen Shamir Seif 189

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לא יפחיד לתינוק לומר כלב קח אותו וכיוצא כי סט״א נקרא בשמות כאלו והוי כנותן לו רשות לבוא לקחת התינוק ושמעתי מאדם גדול מעשה נורא בזה:

Sefaria Community Translation

You should not frighten a child with an unclean thing, by saying for instance, "A cat or a dog will get you" because the Sitra Achra is called by such names. It is as if one has given the Sitra Achra permission to harm the baby. I have heard of such an occurrence from a great person (See notes in Birkei Yosef YD 116)

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