Halakhah for Sotah 33:1
<big><strong>מתני׳</strong></big> בא לו לכתוב את המגילה מאיזה מקום הוא כותב (במדבר ה, יט) מואם
<b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. WHEN HE COMES TO WRITE THE SCROLL, FROM WHAT PLACE DOES HE WRITE? FROM IF NO MAN HAVE LAIN WITH THEE<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. V, 19, — 'be thou free from this water of bitterness'. ');"><sup>1</sup></span>
Treasures Hidden in the Sand
1. The color of the body of the Hillazon resembles the color of the sea as the Rabbis in Tractate Menachot (44A) taught that the color of the Hillazon resembles the color of the sea. Rashi explains that the Hillazon emerges from the sea and the Techelet resembles the sea, that is to say that the sea it is found in and that it emerges from is the cause of its color.
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