The Gemara discusses at length the types of jewelry and ornaments women are permitted to carry on Shabbat, listing 24 specific adornments (tachshitim) for a woman — a number that parallel the 24 books of Tanach. The Sages debate which ornaments are permitted in the public domain on Shabbat.
״וַנַּקְרֵב אֶת קׇרְבַּן ה׳ אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר מָצָא כְלִי זָהָב אֶצְעָדָה וְצָמִיד טַבַּעַת עָגִיל וְכוּמָז״. אָמַר רַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר: ״עָגִיל״ — זֶה דְּפוּס שֶׁל דַּדִּין. ״כּוּמָז״ — זֶה דְּפוּס שֶׁל בֵּית הָרֶחֶם. אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: אִי הָכִי, הַיְינוּ דִּמְתַרְגְּמִינַן ״מָחוֹךְ״ — דָּבָר הַמֵּבִיא לִידֵי גִּיחוּךְ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַבָּה: מִגּוּפֵיהּ דִּקְרָא שְׁמַע מִינַּהּ, ״כּוּמָז״ — כָּאן מְקוֹם זִימָּה. ״וַיִּקְצֹף מֹשֶׁה עַל פְּקוּדֵי הֶחָיִל״. אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן אָמַר רַבָּה בַּר אֲבוּהּ: אָמַר לָהֶן מֹשֶׁה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁמָּא חֲזַרְתֶּם לְקִלְקוּלְכֶם הָרִאשׁוֹן? אָמְרוּ לוֹ: ״לֹא נִפְקַד מִמֶּנּוּ אִישׁ״. אָמַר לָהֶן: אִם כֵּן כַּפָּרָה לָמָּה? אָמְרוּ לוֹ: אִם מִידֵי עֲבֵירָה יָצָאנוּ, מִידֵי הִרְהוּר לֹא יָצָאנוּ! מִיָּד ״וַנַּקְרֵב אֶת קׇרְבַּן ה׳״. תָּנָא דְּבֵי רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל: מִפְּנֵי מָה הוּצְרְכוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל שֶׁבְּאוֹתוֹ הַדּוֹר כַּפָּרָה — מִפְּנֵי
The Gemara interprets verses written with regard to the Midianite war discussed above: “And we have brought an offering before the Lord what every man has gotten of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, agil, and kumaz, to make atonement for our souls before the Lord” (Numbers 31:50). Rabbi Elazar said: Agil is a mold in the shape of a woman’s breasts worn over them as an ornament. Kumaz is a mold in the shape of the womb. Rav Yosef said: If so, that is the reason that we translate kumaz into Aramaic as maḥokh, meaning an item that leads to foolishness. Rabba said to him: This meaning is learned from the verse itself; kumaz is an acronym for: Here [kan] is the place of [mekom] lewdness [zimma]. Later in that chapter, it is written: “And Moses was angry with the officers of the host, the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, who came from the battle” (Numbers 31:14); Rav Naḥman said that Rabba bar Avuh said that Moses said to Israel: Perhaps you have returned to your original sinful behavior, when you sinned with the daughters of Moab and Midian at Shittim? They said to him: “Not one man of us is missing” (Numbers 31:49), we remain as wholesome in deed as we were. He said to them: If so, why do you need atonement? The princes brought these ornaments to atone for their souls. They said to him: If we have emerged from the grasps of actual transgression, we have not emerged from the grasps of thoughts of transgression. Immediately, they decided: “And we have brought an offering before the Lord.” The Sage of the school of Rabbi Yishmael taught: For what reason did Israel in that generation require atonement? Because