Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Commentary for Kiddushin 70:18

ומה ראית לרבות את הגדידה ולהוציא את הקרחה מרבה אני את הגדידה שישנה במקום השער ושלא במקום שער ומוציא אני את הקרחה שאינה אלא במקום שער

Hence both are inferred.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Viz., definition and scope.');"><sup>22</sup></span> Then when it was taught: 'The beard of a woman and that of a saris who grew hair, are like a [man's] beard in all respects': to what law [does it refer]? - Said Mar Zutra: To the uncleanliness of leprosy.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The symptoms of leprosy of the skin differ from those of the hair; cf. Lev. XIII, 1-17 with vv. 29-37. The Baraitha teaches that if a woman or a saris grows a beard, though normally their chins are free from hair, the test of leprosy are the symptoms of the latter, not of the former,');"><sup>23</sup></span>

Daf Shevui to Kiddushin

Why does the baraita include women in the prohibition of cutting but not baldness? The prohibition against cutting is broader—it applies both to places that have hair and that don’t. Therefore, it applies to both men and women.
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