Commentary for Chullin 141:20

ולרבנן האי קרא למה לי

[the periods prescribed] for a male, and if it was a female she must observe [the periods prescribed] for a female; if its sex was not known she must observe [the periods prescribed] both for a male and for a female.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The stricter aspect of each is applied to the mother, viz., fourteen days of uncleanness (as if it were a female) and only twenty-six days of purification (as if it were a male, and the total of days must not exceed forty) .');">¹¹</span>

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