Commentary for Menachot 74:10

רבינא אמר דרב הונא איכא בינייהו דאמר רב הונא היוצא בטלית שאינה מצוייצת כהלכתה בשבת חייב חטאת

as in the latter case it means the upper part of the head where baldness can be made, so in the former case too it means the upper part of the head where baldness can be made. R'Judah says, This is unnecessary; for since the Torah ordains that one must put tefillin on the hand and also on the head, as in the former case it is put on a place which can be declared unclean as a leprous spot by one symptom only,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A leprous spot on any part of the body that is free from hair, as the hand, is deemed to be unclean by the appearance of white hairs therein');">¹²</span>

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