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of the protuberance above the womb, the mons pubis.
And R' Shimon ben Yoḥai would likewise say: The rabbis provided 3 signs indicating puberty in a woman below, i.e., near her vagina, and they stated 3 corresponding signs above. If a woman has the signs of an unripe fig above, it is known that she has not grown two pubic hairs; if she has the sign
The Talmud asks: What is this protuberance? Rav Huna says: There is a swollen place in a woman’s body, above that place, a euphemism for the vagina. It is initially hard, but when a girl grows it increasingly softens. The rabbis asked R' Yehuda HaNasi: With regard to the signs of maturity in woman
Rav Pappa and Rav Ḥinnana, son of Rav Ika, disagree about the context of this statement of R' Yehuda HaNasi that the halakha is stringent in accordance with all of the rabbis’ statements. One of them teaches it with regard to this matter, of a woman’s signs of puberty, and the other one teaches it w
The rabbis discuss this Mishnah: What is the meaning of a Tyrian courtyard? Rabba bar bar Ḥana says that R' Yoḥanan says: The courtyard is called by this name as the custom in the city of Tyre is to place a watchman at the entrance of the courtyard to guard the articles inside. Consequently, any co