Midrash for Sotah 45:5
מה בין איש לאשה האיש פורע ופורם ואין האשה פורעת ופורמת האיש מדיר את בנו בנזיר ואין האשה מדרת בנה בנזיר האיש מגלח על נזירות אביו ואין האשה מגלחת על נזירות אביה
WHAT [DIFFERENCES ARE THERE IN LAW] BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN? A MAN RENDS HIS CLOTHES AND LOOSENS HIS HAIR,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When declared a leper (Lev. XIII, 45). ');"><sup>8</sup></span> BUT A WOMAN DOES NOT REND HER CLOTHES AND LOOSEN HER HAIR. A MAN MAY VOW THAT HIS SON WILL BECOME A NAZIRITE, BUT A WOMAN MAY NOT VOW THAT HER SON WILL BECOME A NAZIRITE.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. Nazir 28b. ');"><sup>9</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
(Devarim 21:22) "And if there be in a man a sin whose judgment is death, then he shall be put to death, and you shall hang him on a tree.": A man is hanged (i.e., suspended after death) and not a woman. R. Eliezer says: A woman, too, is hanged.
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