Responsa for Niddah 95:53

מאי שדי כולה בדדי כתיב וה"ק הקב"ה לישראל

was grown,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XVI, 7, since the marks do sometimes appear in this order. ');">⁴⁶</span> but according to the Rabbis,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who hold that the upper mark can never appear first. ');">⁴⁷</span> should not the order have been reversed?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hair first and breasts afterwards. ');">⁴⁸</span> — It is this that was meant: As soon as the 'breasts are fashioned' it is known that 'thy hair was grown'. According to R. Meir<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who maintains that the upper mark sometimes appears first. ');">⁴⁹</span> one can well see the justification for the order of the Scriptural text, When they from Egypt bruised thy breasts<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The upper mark. ');">⁴⁴</span> for the bosom<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The lower one. ');">⁴⁵</span> of thy youth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ezek. XXIII, 21. ');">⁵⁰</span> but according to the Rabbis,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who hold that the upper mark can never appear first. ');">⁴⁷</span> should not the order have been reversed?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hair first and breasts afterwards. ');">⁴⁸</span> — It is this that was meant: As soon as 'thy breasts' appeared it is known that thy youth<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The lower one. ');">⁴⁵</span> had appeared. And if you prefer I might reply: As to the meaning of<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'what'. ');">⁵¹</span> shede,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The word rendered supra 'bosom'. ');">⁵²</span> all the clause was written with regard to the breasts; and it is this that the Holy One, blessed be He, said in effect to Israel:

Teshuvot Maharam

Teshuvot Maharam