Yerushalmi Sotah 9:3 ירושלמי סוטה ט׳:ג׳

MISHNAH: From where did they measure? Rebbi Eliezer says, from his navel. Rebbi Aqiba says, from his nose. Rebbi Eliezer ben Jacob said, from the place which makes him slain, from his neck.

HALAKHAH: “From where did they measure? Rebbi Eliezer says, from his navel”, from the place the child is formed. “Rebbi Aqiba says, from his nose,” from the place from which one is identified⁶⁹The Babli, 45b, agrees for the reason of R. Eliezer and disagrees for R. Aqiba.. ⁷⁰The rest of the paragraph is from Yebamot 16:3, Notes 39–44. This follows what Rav Jehudah⁷¹In Yebamot: R. Jeremiah. said in the name of Rav: “The recognition of their faces testified about them⁷²Is. 3:9.,” that is the nose. Rebbi Ḥiyya bar Abba said, if somebody does not want to be recognized, he should put a patch on his nostrils, then he will not be recognized. As in the following: In the times of king Ursicinus, some people from Sepphoris were under arrest warrants. They put patches on their nostrils and were not recognized. Finally they were denunciated and all were caught because of lies.

“Rebbi Eliezer ben Jacob said, from the place which makes him slain, from his neck.” What is the reason? Rebbi Simon in the name of Rebbi Joshua ben Levi: “To put you⁷⁴The sword, mentioned in the preceding verse; Ez. 21:34. The implication is that חלל means “slain by the sword” and that most victims of the sword have their throats cut. The Babli agrees, 45b. on the throats of the corpses of sinners.”