Commentary for Kiddushin 20:1

so that he in turn defiles that upon which he lies, as a garment which has lain upon [a zab].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A man who has sexual connections with a menstruant woman defiles that upon which he lies, even if he does not actually touch it. But the degree of uncleanliness it thereby acquires is not the same as that of the bedding upon which she herself or a zab (v. Glos.) lies. For in the latter case, the bedding in turn defiles any person or utensil with which it comes into contact; whereas in the former, it can only defile foodstuffs and liquids. This is the same degree of uncleanliness possessed by a garment which has lain upon or been borne by a zab, v. Nid. 44b.');">¹</span> If she married<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. n. 8.');">²</span>

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