Commentary for Niddah 118:62

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TO EITHER.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'on her'; and she remains clean. Such a presumption is permitted since neither the gentile woman nor the menstruant is thereby placed at a disadvantage, the former being free from the restrictions in any case while the latter is already in a state of uncleanness. ');">⁵⁵</span> IF THREE WOMEN HAD WORN THE SAME SHIRT OR HAD SAT ON THE SAME WOODEN BENCH AND SUBSEQUENTLY BLOOD WAS FOUND ON IT, ALL ARE REGARDED AS UNCLEAN.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since each one might be presumed to have been the cause. ');">⁵⁶</span> IF THEY HAD SAT ON A STONE BENCH<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which, unlike a wooden one, is not susceptible to uncleanness. ');">⁵⁷</span> OR ON THE PROJECTION WITHIN THE COLONNADE OF A BATH HOUSE,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which, unlike a wooden one, is not susceptible to uncleanness. ');">⁵⁷</span> R. NEHEMIAH RULES THAT THEY ARE CLEAN;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [The same applies to one woman sitting on a stone bench etc. The plural is used here in continuation of the preceding clause. v. Strashun]. ');">⁵⁸</span> FOR R. NEHEMIAH HAS LAID DOWN: ANY THING THAT IS NOT SUSCEPTIBLE TO UNCLEANNESS IS NOT SUSCEPTIBLE TO STAINS.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. no uncleanness of the person is assumed by reason of a stain that was found on it. This is further explained in the Gemara infra. ');">⁵⁹</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. Rab explained: The reference<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In our Mishnah. ');">⁶⁰</span> is to a GENTILE WOMAN

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