Commentary for Kiddushin 71:1
אחת היא
are identical.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Both are either by hand or with an instrument.');"><sup>1</sup></span> Abaye said: This is Issi's reason, viz. , he learns 'baldness', 'baldness', from the sons of Aaron:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., baldness is mentioned in Deut. XIV. If., in connection with Israelites, and in Lev. XXI, 5, in reference to the priests. Here too it is assumed that 'the sons of Aaron' in v. 1. applies to the whole section,');"><sup>2</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
Why not say that women are also exempt from cutting. We could then interpret “for you are a holy people” to refer to the gashing mentioned in Leviticus 21:5 (because it would be analogized to the prohibitions in Deuteronomy).
Issi holds that gashing and cutting are the same prohibition. Therefore the “you are a holy people” phrase must refer to cutting, for otherwise it would have no referent.
Issi holds that gashing and cutting are the same prohibition. Therefore the “you are a holy people” phrase must refer to cutting, for otherwise it would have no referent.
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