Halakhah for Sotah 33:19
והאיכא נמי עפר כיסוי הדם
Raba said: [The fire which results] from the woman is severer than that from the man.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., a bad wife is more destructive of domestic happiness than a bad husband. ');"><sup>18</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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