Commentary for Moed Katan 38:7

רבא אמר הלכה כאבא שאול ביום שלשים ואין הלכה כאבא שאול ביום שבעה ונהרדעי אמרי הלכה כאבא שאול בזו ובזו דאמר שמואל הלכה כדברי המיקל באבל

between two texts which have in common the term pera' used [in connection] with mourning<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Lev. X, 6; Aaron and his sons were thus commanded at the death of Nadab and Abihu, not to allow their hair to go loose, i.e., not to grow freely or long.');">¹²</span> and again used [in connection] with the Nazirite,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. VI, 5. Cf. supra 15a. h= v =');">¹³</span> [namely]: Here [in the law about mourning] it is written, Let not the hair of your heads grow long [tifra'u];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Lev. X, 6; Aaron and his sons were thus commanded at the death of Nadab and Abihu, not to allow their hair to go loose, i.e., not to grow freely or long.');">¹²</span>

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