Commentary for Niddah 141:20

אין זב אלא מי שמת זב

should be subject to ritual immersion, out of deference to the living zabs.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Tosef. Nid. IX, M.K. 27b; from which it follows that the reason for the uncleanness of the utensils any dying person had used is a Rabbinical enactment instituted in deference to the feeling of living menstruants and zabs. This reason is also that of Beth Shammai in our Mishnah. ');">¹⁸</span>

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