Commentary for Niddah 85:24

כל שכבת זרע שאין כל גופו מרגיש בה אינה מטמאה

deals only with such as is fit to produce seed. An objection was raised: If a man was troubled with unchaste thoughts in the night and when he rose up he found his flesh heated, he is unclean!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Mik. VIII, 3; because he might also have emitted some semen. As this would presumably occur without his being aware of it, an objection arises against Samuel. ');">²³</span>

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