Commentary for Sotah 24:2
ותרד בת פרעה לרחוץ על היאור א"ר יוחנן משום ר' שמעון בן יוחי מלמד שירדה לרחוץ מגלולי אביה וכן הוא אומר (ישעיהו ד, ד) אם רחץ ה' את צואת בנות ציון וגו'
R. Johanan said in the name of R. Simeon b. Yohai: It teaches that she went down there to cleanse herself of her father's idols;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since immersion is part of the ceremony of conversion, it is assumed that she became a proselyte. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> and thus it says: When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. IV, 4. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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