Musar for Bava Kamma 163:16

אמרי דאורייתא לעיוני דלמא מיקטר אי נמי מאוס מידי משום חציצה

Our Rabbis taught: Five things were said of garlic: It satiates, it keeps the body warm, it brightens up the face, it increases semen, and it kills parasites in the bowels. Some say that it fosters love and removes jealousy. 'That a housewife rise early to bake bread'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [J. Meg. IV adds 'on Fridays'.] ');">²⁶</span> — so that there should be bread for the poor.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. Keth. 67b. ');">²⁷</span> 'That a woman must wear a <i>sinnar</i> — out of modesty. 'That a woman comb her hair before performing the immersion.' But this is derived from the pentateuch! For it was taught:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' 'Er. 4b. ');">²⁸</span> <i>'And he shall bathe</i> [eth besaro] <i>his flesh in water</i><span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XIV, 9. ');">²⁹</span> [implying] that there should be nothing intervening between the body and the water; "[<i>eth besaro</i>] his flesh", "<i>eth</i>" [including] whatever is attached to his flesh,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' For a similarity v. supra p. 235. ');">³⁰</span> i.e. the hair.' [Why then had this to be ordained by Ezra?] — It may, however, be said that as far as the Pentateuch goes it would only have to be necessary to see that the hair should not he knotted or that nothing dirty should be there which might intervene,

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