Commentary for Kiddushin 71:4
אי לאו ג"ש הוה אמינא הפסיק הענין
Then now too, let us say that the connection is broken; and as for the gezerah shawah, that is required for what was taught: They shall not make a baldness:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XXI, 5. Heb. lo yikrehu.');"><sup>5</sup></span> I might think that even if one makes four or five bald patches he is liable for only one [transgression]; therefore it is stated, karhah [a baldness],<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The verb is followed by its cognate object, though this is unnecessary.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
Daf Shevui to Kiddushin
The gezerah shavah is needed so that we can derive that the address in the beginning of Leviticus, “Speak to the sons of Aaron” refers to the whole passage, including that about making a bald spot. If we did not have the gezerah shavah we might have thought that women priests (daughters of priests) are prohibited from making a bald spot and that the exclusion of women refers only to the first few mitzvoth in the passage.
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