Commentary for Niddah 35:9

שליא בבית הבית טמא ולא שהשליא ולד אלא שאין שליא בלא ולד

did the Sages follow the majority rule<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the majority of the respective cases concerning which no doubt exists. ');">¹⁷</span> and treated them as certainties, viz., the 'source', the 'placenta' and the 'piece'. The 'source'? The case already spoken of.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' In the last clause of our Mishnah, and in the ruling of R. Hiyya (supra 17b), from which it is obvious that, since mostly the blood in question issues from the source, any blood in the ante-chamber is assumed to originate from that source. ');">¹⁸</span>

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