Commentary for Niddah 138:1

ותמני לזיבה אתאי קמן בלילותא יהבינן לה תמני לנדה ושב לזיבה זיבה תמני בעיא

and eight in respect of <i>zibah</i>;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Because each of the eight days might be the last of the seven clean days that followed a zibah discharge that had extended over three days. No immersion is necessary on the ninth day because even if the very day of the woman's arrival had been the last of the three days on which her zibah discharge had been making its appearance seven clean days have elapsed since that day. ');">¹</span>

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