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Talmud: In continuation of the discussion of the Mishnah, it is taught in a baraita that Beit Hillel said to Beit Shammai: The verse states: “And when the days of her purification are fulfilled, for a son or for a daughter” (Leviticus 12:6). The entire clause: “For a son or for a daughter,” is su
The Talmud relates: R' Hoshaya would regularly study before bar Kappara. He then left him and came to study before R' Ḥiyya. One day R' Hoshaya encountered bar Kappara and raised the following dilemma before him: With regard to a man who experiences a gonorrhea-like discharge [zav], who is obligat
R' Hoshaya explains the sides of the dilemma: Is the reason for the ruling of Beit Hillel that a woman who miscarries on the night preceding the 81st day must bring an additional offering due to the derivation from the verse, as it is written: “For a son or for a daughter”? But with regard to a zav
Bar Kappara said to R' Hoshaya: What does the Babylonian, i.e., R' Ḥiyya, who came from Babylonia, say about this matter? R' Hoshaya was silent and did not say anything. Bar Kappara said to him: Do we require the statement of Iyya, i.e., Ḥiyya? Let us review the earlier ruling, as the baraita tea
The Talmud suggests: Let us say this dilemma is subject to a dispute between tanna’im. With regard to a zav who saw 3 sightings on the night preceding the 8th day, it is taught in one baraita that he brings an additional offering, and it is taught in another baraita that he does not bring another o