For you are a holy people to Hashem your God, and Hashem has chosen you to be for Him a treasured people from all the peoples that are on the face of the earth.
English: “For you are a holy people” — Rabbi Elazar said: Women are obligated in the prohibition of making baldness. What is the reason? “For you are a holy people” — both men and women.
On the daf / in context: The inclusive language “holy people” extends the baldness prohibition to women as well as men.
Type of Learning
Derash on the verse (Kiddushin) — women are included in the baldness prohibition.
What Is Learned
Women are obligated in the prohibition of making a baldness for the dead, because the verse addresses the entire holy people.