Commentary for Bava Batra 120:21
אלא הנח להם לישראל מוטב שיהיו שוגגין ואל יהיו מזידין:
which we place on the head of a bridegroom. R. Papa asked Abaye: Where should they be placed? [He replied]: Just where the phylactery is worn, as it says, To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give then a garland [pe'er] for ashes [epher].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. LXI, 3. The word pe'er is supposed to refer to the phylacteries on the basis of the verse, Bind thy headtire (pe'erka) upon thee. (Ezek. XXIV, 17.) ');"><sup>19</sup></span>
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