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to a desecration of Shabbat. If they were to have sex on a Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday, their wives might give birth on Shabbat, either 271, 272, or 273 days after conception either. The Talmud asks: If this was indeed the concern of the early generations of pious men, why would they have sex only o
Mar Zutra said: What is the reasoning of the early generations of pious men, who state that a woman does not give birth before 271 days have passed from the time of insemination? As it is written with regard to Boaz and Ruth: “And he went in unto her, and YHWH gave her conception [herayon]” (Ruth 4:
Mar Zutra says: Even according to the one who said, e.g., Shmuel and the early generations of pious men, that a woman who gives birth at 9 months does not give birth after an incomplete number of months, i.e., she carries for a full 9 months, nevertheless, a woman who gives birth at 7 months can gi
§ The Mishnah teaches that R' Yosei and R' Shimon say: Labor pains do not occur more than two weeks before birth. Shmuel said: What is the reasoning of the Rabbis, i.e., R' Yosei and R' Shimon? As it is written with regard to a woman who gives birth to a female: “And she shall be impure two weeks,
With regard to the halakha that blood emitted due to labor pains does not impart impurity of ziva, A baraita states: There is a scenario in which a woman experiences labor pains accompanied by emissions of blood for 25 days before birth, and the impurity of greater ziva is not included in them. How