Commentary for Niddah 50:48

משל לאדם שסטר את חבירו והחזיר פניו לאחוריו

she must count the beginning of her period of menstruation in accordance with the first birth and in accordance with the second birth.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., the restrictions of both are imposed upon her: As the sandal might be a male the eighty-first day from the female birth (if there was a discharge) is regarded as the first day of menstruation though that day is still the eightieth from the sandal's birth which in the case of a female is one (the last) of the clean days. The seventh day after the eightieth again is not regarded as the termination of the seven days of menstruation (which began on the eightieth day) since it is possible that the sandal was a female whose eightieth day coincided with the eighty-first of the female child and in accordance with which the woman's seven days of menstruation began a day later (the eighty-second day after the first birth) and consequently terminated a day later. ');">⁴¹</span>

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