Commentary for Niddah 8:41
איבעית אימא
Said R. Papa to Raba: But would you not sometimes find that there are three 'onahs in twenty-four hours?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' When, for instance, the first examination after a number of days without an examination took place at midday. If the uncleanness extended backwards for a period of twenty-four hours it would cover [1] the 'onah of the day of the examination, [2] the 'onah of the preceding night and [3] the 'onah of the day preceding that night. Now since the penalty imposed was only one additional 'onah why should it in this case be increased to two 'onahs? ');"><sup>40</sup></span>
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