But the male is shaved etc. Although he is not lashed, he violates a prohibitive commandment, seeing that he did it of his own free will.¹

footnotes: ¹ On the contrary, even if he said to the barber: "Round my corners," as long as he did nothing himself to execute the request, the barber should not do it, but he himself violated nothing, as no one can become a proxy in sin. C. G.

Although a woman may round the corners of her own head etc. For transgressing this no lashes are inflicted either for rounding an adult or minor, for it is forbidden by Rabbinical statute only, and is deducted from what Rab Ada Bar Ahaba said to Rab Hunah: 'May Habah bury her children!' (Nazir, 57b). This criticism is entirely out of place. Our master does not say that she is striped, but that it is forbidden. C. G.

One who picks white hairs etc. It is not established that he should be striped for picking on ehair, first, it is but said that it is forbidden, and again what kind of woman's ornament can there be by plucking out one hair which can not at all be of any material difference in his appearance.¹

footnotes: ¹ The text (Makkot, 20b) clearly indicates that even one hair establishes guilt. The question is not what appearance he gets, but the overt act he committed. C. G.