1)

Why does the Torah need to mention "Ish ve'Ishah" again?

1.

Oznayim la'Torah: Because we would otherwise have precluded women from the Din of Nesakim, since they generally do not have beards - to teach us that, in the event that a woman does have a beard, it is subject to Nesakim just like that of a man.

2)

Why does the Torah write "ve'Ish O Ishah" and not ?Ish ve?Ishah? (See Torah Temimah, note 124).

1.

Sifra: To incorporate a Tumtum and an Androginus in the Din of Tum'as Nesakim.

3)

Why does the Torah write "ki Yih'yeh bo (singular), and not "ki Yih'yeh bahem" (plural)?

1.

Sifra: To teach us that a Nesek inside a Nesek 1 is Tamei.


1

See Torah Temimah, note 125.

4)

Why does the Torah write 'be'Rosh O be'Zakan" and not 'u'be'Zakan' (See Torah Temimah, note 126)?

1.

Sifra: To teach us that the head and the beard (half a G'ris on one and half a G'ris on the other) do not combine.

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