Commentary for Arakhin 14:13

באומרת בתנו שערי לבתי

- Rather, said R'Nahman: In the one case [the woman's] it is the actual death which renders the body prohibited for any use,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The reference is indeed to' her natural hair, but since hair never lived it is not affected by death, which renders forbidden all such parts of the body which had their vitality cut off by death (Rashi) .');">⁷</span>

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