Reeh 14:1 · unit 7

TT #191 · Parashas Reeh · Fourth Aliyah · Passuk 14:1

The Complete Passuk

בָּנִ֣ים אַתֶּ֔ם לַיהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם לֹ֣א תִתְגֹּדְד֗וּ וְלֹֽא־תָשִׂ֧ימוּ קׇרְחָ֛ה בֵּ֥ין עֵינֵיכֶ֖ם לָמֵֽת׃

You are children to Hashem your God; you shall not cut yourselves and you shall not make a baldness between your eyes for the dead.

Chabad.org — 14:1

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Kiddushin.

Sefaria — Kiddushin

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
בֵּין עֵינֵיכֶם – אֵין לִי אֶלָּא בֵּין הָעֵינַיִם, מִנַּיִן לְרַבּוֹת כׇּל הָרֹאשׁ, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וְלֹא יִקְרְחוּ קָרְחָה בְּרֹאשָׁם.

English: “Between your eyes” — I know only between the eyes; from where do I include the entire head? From the verse “and they shall not make a baldness on their heads.”

On the daf / in context: The priestly parallel expands the prohibition of making baldness from the area between the eyes to the whole head.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Kiddushin) — the baldness prohibition covers the entire head.

What Is Learned

The prohibition of making baldness for the dead applies to any place on the head, not only between the eyes.