Mesorat%20hashas for Pesachim 5:14

ובאשה לא כתיב בה מרכב והכתיב (בראשית כד, סא) ותקם רבקה ונערותיה ותרכבנה על הגמלים התם משום ביעתותא דגמלים אורחא היא והכתיב (שמות ד, כ) ויקח משה את אשתו ואת בניו וירכיבם על החמור התם

Now, is riding not written in connection with a woman, but surely it is written, And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Gen. XXIV, 61.');">³²</span> - There it was natural through fear of the camels.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A woman would ride properly, not merely sit on the side, through fear of falling down from the camel's high back.');">³³</span> But it is written, and Moses took his wife and his sons, and made them ride upon an ass?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ex. IV, 20.');">³⁴</span> - There

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