Commentary for Kiddushin 70:15
טהרת נגעים נמי פשיטא כיון דבת טומאה היא בת טהרה היא איצטריך סד"א לצדדים כתיב איש או אשה כי יהיה בו נגע בראש או בזקן הדר אתאן לאיש קמ"ל
therefore it is stated: 'they shall not shave'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In reference to priests, and this illumines the injunction 'thou shalt not mar'. Plucking hairs one by one is not shaving.');"><sup>19</sup></span> How then is it meant?
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The Torah explicitly refers to a man or a woman when discussing an affliction upon the head or beard. So why do I need this baraita to tell me something learned directly in the Torah?
The answer is that I might have thought that “beard” refers only to the man. The baraita comes to teach us that with regard to scale disease, women too can have beards.
The answer is that I might have thought that “beard” refers only to the man. The baraita comes to teach us that with regard to scale disease, women too can have beards.
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