Reference for Arakhin 14:8
התם הוא דהוה ליה חזקה דחיותא אבל הכא דלא הוה ליה חזקה דחיותא מעיקרא אימא לא קמ"ל:
But if she had [similarly] said: Give my hand to my daughter, would we have given it to her? - Rab said: It refers to a wig.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That wig, tied to her hair, might have been considered part of her body and therefore forbidden for any use, hence also inadmissible as a gift to her daughter. But since she left instruction of such gift, she evidently did not consider the wig part of her body, and guided by her view we do not consider it such either, hence the gift is valid.');"><sup>4</sup></span>
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