תניא בעבור תהיה יראתו על פניכם זו בושה לבלתי תחטאו מלמד שהבושה מביאה לידי יראת חטא
מיכן אמרו סימן יפה באדם שהוא ביישן
אחרים אומרים כל אדם המתבייש לא במהרה הוא חוטא ומי שאין לו בושת פנים בידוע שלא עמדו אבותיו על הר סיני
אמר רבי יוחנן בן דהבאי ארבעה דברים סחו לי מלאכי השרת
חיגרין מפני מה הויין מפני שהופכים את שולחנם
אילמים מפני מה הויין מפני שמנשקים על אותו מקום
חרשים מפני מה הויין מפני שמספרים בשעת תשמיש
סומין מפני מה הויין מפני שמסתכלים באותו מקום
§ It is taught in a baraita: “That His fear may be upon your faces” (Exodus 20:17); this is referring to shame, as shame causes one to blush. “That you not sin” (Exodus 20:17) teaches that shame leads to fear of sin. From here the Sages said: "It is a good sign in a person that he is one who experiences shame."
Others say: "Any person who experiences shame will not quickly sin, and conversely, one who does not have the capacity to be shamefaced, it is known that his forefathers did not stand at Mount Sinai."
Rabbi Yoḥanan ben Dehavai said: The ministering angels told me four matters:
For what reason do lame people come into existence? It is because their fathers overturn their tables, i.e., they engage in sexual intercourse in an atypical way.
For what reason do mute people come into existence? It is because their fathers kiss that place of nakedness.
For what reason do deaf people come into existence? It is because their parents converse while engaging in sexual intercourse.
For what reason do blind people come into existence? It is because their fathers stare at that place.
Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha said: "Suriel, the heavenly ministering angel of the Divine Presence, told me three things from on high: 'Do not take your cloak in the morning from the hand of your servant and wear it; do not ritually wash your hands from one who has not ritually washed his own hands; and only return a cup of asparagus to the one who gave it to you, because a band of demons and some say a band of angels of destruction lie in wait for a person and say: "When will a person encounter one of these circumstances and be captured?"'"
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi said: "The Angel of Death told me three things: 'Do not take your cloak in the morning from the hand of your servant and wear it; do not ritually wash your hands from one who has not ritually washed his own hands; and do not stand before the women when they return from the burial of the deceased, because I dance and come before them and my sword is in hand, and I have license to destroy.'"