Commentary for Niddah 68:9

שכבת זרע של ישראל במעי עובדת כוכבים מהו

but in the case of idolaters, who are not anxious to observe the commandments, their bodies engender no heat and their [semen] therefore does not decompose, or is it possible that on account of their consumption of forbidden animals and reptiles their bodies also engender heat and their semen also decomposes? — This remains undecided.

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