Commentary for Niddah 6:25

א"כ בטלת בנות ישראל מפריה ורביה

but Shammai answered him, 'My reason is the avoidance of the neglect of marital life; and as regards your erroneous assumption too, in consequence of which you raised an objection from the case of the basket, the latter has a bottom while the former has none.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. notes supra. ');">²¹</span>

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