Commentary for Pesachim 219:14

אמר אמימר אמרה לי רישתינהי דנשים כשפניות האי מאן דפגע בהו בנשים כשפניות נימא הכי חרי חמימי בדיקולא בזייא לפומייכו נשי דחרשייא קרח קרחייכי פרח פרחייכי

This once happened until a hundred and one , and the demon burst [with mortification]. Amemar said: The chief of the sorceresses told me: He who meets sorceresses should say thus: 'Hot dung in perforated baskets for your mouths, o ye witches! may your heads become bald,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'bald be your baldness' - they practised witchcraft with their hair.');">²²</span> the wind carry off your crumbs,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Likewise used in the practice of witchcraft. Rashbam holds that this is an allusion to Ezek. XIII, 18f, q.v.');">²³</span>

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