Commentary for Kiddushin 71:11
ובין לאביי ובין לרבא האי בנים אתם מאי דרשי ביה האי מיבעי לכדתניא בנים אתם לה' אלהיכם בזמן שאתם נוהגים מנהג בנים אתם קרוים בנים אין אתם נוהגים מנהג בנים אין אתם קרוים בנים דברי ר' יהודה
Raba said: This is Issi's reason, viz. , he learns [the applicability of] 'between your eyes' from phylacteries:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Deut. XI, 18: and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.');"><sup>11</sup></span> just as there, women are exempt, so here too, women are exempt.
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
This baraita contains a dispute between R. Judah and R. Meir over whether Israel remains “sons of God” (or children of God) even after they sin. According to R. Judah the verse from Deuteronomy 14 indicates that if they do not behave, Israel can lose their status as sons. R. Meir cites a plethora of verses that refer to Israel as sons even after they sin.
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