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In a case like this, meaning, if we compare the two cases in this way, a zav also becomes impure through an accident, in accordance with the opinion of Rav Huna, for Rav Huna said: The first sighting of a zav establishes ritual impurity even through an accident. In order to contract the more sever
The Talmud asks further: What is the stringency of a metzora over a zav? That a confirmed metzora is required to let his hair grow and rend his garments and he is prohibited from marital sex, none of which applies to a zav. But on the contrary, there is room to say that the legal status of a zav i
The Talmud answers: The verse states not just “zav” but “and any zav,” and this inclusive expression “any” comes to include a person who experienced a seminal emission, whose impurity is of the same type as a zav, and it is clear that the legal status of a metzora is more severe than a person who
The Talmud asks: And what is his stringency? In what way is the legal status of a metzora more severe than one who experienced a seminal emission? As we said, that he must let his hair grow and rend his garments and he is prohibited to engage in marital sex. But we may ask: On the contrary, there
The Talmud answers: He holds in accordance with the opinion of R' Natan, as it was taught in a baraita: R' Natan says in the name of R' Yishmael: In order for a zav to become ritually impure, he needs to experience a discharge substantial enough to cause a blockage of the tip of the male organ. But