Bava Batra 24A

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We are dealing with a path that passes between vineyards, and these two dovecotes are situated there. As, if it is so that you claim the chick came from anywhere else in the world, since it only hops, it could not have come there. The reason is that any bird that hops and turns and sees its nest wi

Abaye said: We learn in a Mishnah (Nidda 17b) as well that one follows the majority rather than proximity: With regard to blood that is found in the corridor [baperozdor], i.e., the cervical canal, and it is uncertain whether or not it is menstrual blood, it is ritually impure as menstrual blood, a

Rava said to Abaye, in response to this claim: You state a proof from a case where the factors of majority and frequency are both present. When there is majority and frequency, there is no one who says that one ignores the majority and follows proximity. Here, not only is the blood from the uterus g

Rava cites a proof for his statement. As R' Ḥiyya teaches: Blood that is found in the corridor is considered definite menstrual blood, and therefore if she has sex, both she and her partner would be liable as a result of it to receive karet for entering the Temple intentionally when ritually impure

And Rava says: Learn from that which R' Ḥiyya said 3 conclusions: Learn from his statement that when the relevant factors are majority and proximity, follow the majority; and learn from his statement that the halakha that one follows the majority applies by Torah law, as teruma is burned in this ca