Kiddushin, Daf Lammed Vav, Part 2 Introduction Rava offers yet another reason why Issi exempts women from the prohibition of making a bald spot on their heads. רבא אמר היינו...
Kiddushin, Daf Lammed Vav, Part 1 Introduction At the end of last week s daf Issi posited that women are exempted from the prohibition of making a bald spot between their eyes (Deuteronomy 14:1) just as men are. While one explanation of his opinion has already...
Kiddushin, Daf Lammed Heh, Part 6 Introduction Deuteronomy 14:1-2 contains a prohibition of gashing oneself or of making a bald spot on one s head. In our sugya, a sage says that women are liable for this mitzvah too. איסי...
Kiddushin, Daf Lammed Heh, Part 4 Introduction Today s section begins to deal with the few negative commandments that do not apply to women. This was dealt with in the mishnah, but since it s been a while, I am reproducing it here: And all negative...
