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<p>In Avodah V27#113, RSBA wrote:<br>
> Talking of which, a puzzling Rashi in Shmos 31:18 dh Kechaloso: "Ma kallah<br>
miskashetes b-24 kishutin - hen ho'amurim besefer Yeshaya [3: 18-23]"<br>
> However when you look it up, you'll find that this is the same Yeshayahu<br>
that RSS refers to and the Navi there is warning the Bnos Yisroel of<br>
terrible punishments for outfitting themselves with these 24 kishutin.<br>
Nowhere is there any mention of this being OK and the standard for a kallah.<br>
> Yelamdeinu raboseinu... <<br>
Such kishutin would seem appropriate in the extreme for a kallah about to enter married life (in a way similar to the Torah being given to MRAH and K'lal Yisrael [and I use "k'lal" deliberately, as, IINM, the first p'shat mentioned by RaShY really has more to do w/ MRAH receiving k'lalim/rules to use at a later time]) -- these kishutin aren't per se evil even for already-married ladies, much less kallos! and why would you expect Y'sha'yahu to mention their being <br>
"OK and the standard for a kallah" when such clearly was Torah sheb'al peh as recorded in Shir haShirim Rabbah (quoted by RSS, by the way, in his comments on Y'sha'yahu 3:17, and perhaps RDrYL would like to post those comments, too...) and elsewhere?<br>
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Tangentially, this "puzzling Rashi" (his "davar acheir") is also brought down by the Ba'al haTurim, a favorite peirush of yours (and mine) :). <br>
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A guten Shabbes and all the best from <br>
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