Commentary for Shabbat 51:2
ההיא חמתא דהות סניאה לה לכלתה אמרה לה זיל איקשיט במשחא דאפרסמא אזלא איקשיט כי אתת אמרה לה זיל איתלי שרגא אזלא אתלא שרגא אינפח בה נורא ואכלתה:
A certain mother-in-law hated her daughter-in-law. Said she to her, 'Go and adorn yourself with balsam oil.'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Anointing with oil is and was a common practice in the hot eastern countries; Krauss, T.A. I, 229 and 233. ');"><sup>2</sup></span> She went and adorned herself. On her return she said to her, 'Go and light the lamp.' She went and lit the lamp: a spark flew out on her and consumed her.
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