Commentary for Niddah 71:33

הלכתא כוותיה דרב בין לקולא בין לחומרא

he being of the opinion that the unclean days of childbirth in which no discharge is observed are counted among the clean days of one's <i>zibah</i>.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Hence the statement that 'she had counted'. As in the second week, however, the discharge began again and continued into the third week, it conveys uncleanness, according to Beth Hillel, both when wet and when dry, since it emanates from an unclean source which the Torah did not regard as clean before the prescribed number of days had been counted and immersion had been performed. ');">²⁹</span>

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