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Ibn Ezra on Deuteronomy 25:9/אבן עזרא על דברים כ״ה:ט׳
אוחלצה. כמו חלצו שד והטעם תסיר:
1AND LOOSE. Ve-chaletzah (and loose) is similar to chaletzu (draw out) in draw out the breast (Lam. 3:4). Its meaning is to remove.
בבפניו. מפורש בדברי הקבל' שהוא כמו לפניו ודרך הפשט לפני הנעל כמו והיא כתובה פנים ואחור:
2IN HIS FACE. The transmitters of tradition explain that the word be-fanav (in his face) has the meaning of before his face.52 106b. According to its plain meaning, be-fanav means before the shoe, for panav here is similar to panim (in front) in front and on the back53 (Ezek. 2:9).54 means before it, i.e., before the shoe.