Reference for Kiddushin 70:1

איש דבר מצות אין אשה לא ואי אשמעינן הא משום דאיכא איבוד נשמה חס רחמנא עלה אבל הנך תרתי אימא לא צריכא:

it applies only to man, who is subject to precepts, but not to woman, who is not subject to them.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Actually, of course, she is subject to certain precepts, as stated on 29a, but not liable to as many as man (Tosaf.) .');">¹</span> And if the last [alone] were intimated, - since there is loss of life, the All-Merciful had compassion upon her;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And imposed upon the owner the payment of ransom for the death of a woman as for that of a man.');">²</span>

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