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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 22:13/אבן עזרא על דברים כ״ב:י״ג
אכי יקח איש אשה. נסמכה הפרשה לדעת המכחישים בעבור תכסה בה והאמת על דרך דרש שנסמכה בעבור הבית ואחר כן הבגד ואחר כן בעלת הבית:
1IF ANY MAN TAKE A WIFE. According to the deniers53 this section was connected to the law of fringes because the latter contain the phrase wherewith thou coverest thyself.54 (v. 12) to refer to a blanket. Scripture alludes to marriage as placing a covering over a woman. Cf. Ruth 3:9. The allusion is to sharing one blanket. Its true reason can be explained midrashically. The laws are placed one next to the other because first comes the house, next a garment,55 and then the mistress of the house.56