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even if she continues to experience bleeding during the days that are fit for the new counting following the negation of the days counted by a zava, she remains pure. If a woman experiences bleeding during her 7 clean days, she negates any days counted thus far, and must begin a new count of 7 clea
The Talmud poses a difficulty with regard to the opinion of Levi: We learned in the Mishnah: How long before birth is pain attributable to her labor pains? R' Meir says: Even 40 or 50 days before the birth. R' Meir apparently maintains that a woman who experiences continuous labor pains accompanied
The Talmud explains the difficulty: Granted, the Mishnah is clear according to Rav, as you find that it is possible that she will remain pure for such a long period, i.e., in accordance with the explanation of Rav Adda bar Ahava that Rav deems the blood pure even during the days that are fit for t
The Talmud explains that Levi could say to you: Does the Mishnah teach that she is pure during all these days, i.e., that she remains pure throughout the days of menstruation and ziva? Not so. Rather, if she emitted blood due to labor pains during the days of menstruation she has the status of a men
Some rabbis state another version of the above disagreement: R' Levi says: The birth of a child renders the mother ritually pure only if she experienced bleeding during the 11 days that are fit for her to become a greater zava, i.e., if she experienced bleeding on 3 consecutive days during that tim