Commentary for Arakhin 14:10
ואמאי
But this matter was questioned by R'Jose B'Hanina, for R'Jose B'Hanina asked: What about the hair of righteous women, and Raba had remarked: His question refers to [their] wig?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to Deut. XIII, 13ff the inhabitants of a city condemned for idolatrous practices to which they had been led astray were to be destroyed with all their property. Righteous persons, however, lost only their property but not their life. The theoretical question touched the wig of righteous women of such a city: Was it to be considered part of their body and thus will it escape destruction, or is it to be regarded as detachable from the head and as general property does it fall under the ban? At any rate what is a matter of doubt there could not possibly be taken here as settled law!');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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