Chasidut for Yevamot 68:2
מיתיבי כל עשרים וארבעה חדש דש מבפנים וזורה מבחוץ דברי ר' אליעזר א"ל הללו אינו אלא כמעשה ער ואונן
are designated Tamar. And why are they designated Tamar? — Because Tamar exercised friction with her finger. But were there not Er and Onan?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Who were married to Tamar prior to the incident with Judah (v. Gen. XXXVIII, 6ff) and her virginity would presumably have been destroyed then. ');"><sup>4</sup></span> — Er and Onan indulged in unnatural intercourse. An objection was raised: During all the twenty-four months<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After the birth of a child, i.e., during the period in which the mother is expected to breast-feed her child. ');"><sup>5</sup></span>
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