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The Talmud responds: The verse serves to exclude a man from contracting ritual impurity due to red semen.
The Talmud objects: But what about that which is taught in a baraita with regard to a woman who experiences a discharge of uterine blood after her menstrual period [zava]: The verse states: “And if a woman has an issue of her blood many days” (Leviticus 15:25). From the word “woman” I have derived o
The Talmud responds: It was necessary for the verse to teach that the halakhot of ziva apply to a ten-day-old girl. As, if God had written only that a one-day-old girl is included in the halakhot of a menstruating woman, I would say: The halakhot of a menstruating woman apply to a one-day-old girl
The Talmud objects: And let God write that a ten-day-old girl is included in the halakhot of a zava, and it would not be required to write that a one-day-old girl is included in the halakhot of a menstruating woman, and I would know that as a girl cannot become a zava without first assuming the stat
The Talmud objects: But the Torah already excluded this case on another occasion, as stated earlier. The Talmud explains: One verse serves to exclude a man from contracting ritual impurity due to red semen, and one verse serves to exclude a man from being rendered a zav due to blood that emanates f