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A woman left home for an extended period of time while she was full, i.e., pregnant, and came back when she was empty, as she discharged the fetus, but it is unknown exactly when and what she discharged; and she spent 3 weeks in our presence during which she was pure, i.e., she did not experience
In such a case, the woman may have sex with her husband at the end of the 5th week following her return, on the eve of the 35th day, after which she is again prohibited from having sex with her husband. And we require her to immerse in a mikveh a total of 95 immersions. This is the statement of Bei
The Talmud explains the objection from the baraita to the opinion of R' Yehoshua ben Levi: Granted in the first week following her arrival the woman may not have sex with her husband, despite the fact that she did not experience bleeding during that week, as one can say that perhaps she is a woman w
It is also clear why she may not have sex during the third week, as one can say that perhaps she is a woman who gave birth to a female as a zava, i.e., a woman who experienced a discharge of uterine blood after her menstrual period for 3 days without the pain of labor, and therefore assumed the st
But in the 4th week, even though the woman sees blood during that period, let her have sex with her husband, as it is pure blood. At this stage the woman’s period of purity is certainly underway. Why does the baraita state that she may not have sex with her husband in this week? Is it not due to th