Commentary for Berakhot 46:7
ותסברא אי בקטנים לאחריו טפח למה לי אלא אידי ואידי בגדולים ולא קשיא הא באיש הא באשה
But how canst thou understand it in this way? For if the second teaching refers to the minor function, why uncover a handbreadth behind ? Nay ; they should both be referred to the major function, and there is no contradiction : the first teaching applying to a male, the other to a female.
Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot
Then the quoted statement could be taken to mean : What I have permitted thee in the case of a male I have forbidden thee in the case of a female.
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