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Abba Shaul says: Even if he did not cut his hair before the pilgrimage Festival, it is permitted for him to cut his hair after the pilgrimage Festival. His reasoning is that just as the mitzva of 3 voids the rabbinic decree of 7, as was taught before; so the mitzva of 7 voids the rabbinic decree o
The Talmud asks: What is the rationale of Abba Shaul for his opinion that if he observed 7 days of mourning before the Festival commenced the 30-day mourning period is voided? Isn’t it because he holds that the 7th day counts for here and there, i.e., the 7th day is considered both the end of the 7
Rather, Rav spoke in accordance with the opinion of R' Yosei, as it is taught in a baraita that R' Yosei says: A woman who observes a clean day for each day she experiences a discharge is a woman who discharges blood for one or two days at a time when she does not expect her menstrual period. The ca
And after that, she saw blood, thereby retroactively clarifying that at the time the Paschal offering was slaughtered she was unfit to partake of it. The halakha is that she may not eat from the Paschal lamb due to her ritual impurity, but she is exempt from observing the second Pesaḥ, which is obs
The Talmud clarifies this: What is the rationale of R' Yosei for his opinion that she is exempt from observing the second Pesaḥ? Isn’t it because he holds that the legal status of part of the day is like that of an entire day? Since she was pure for part of the day, it is considered as though she wa