Commentary for Shabbat 241:2

וסבר ר' יוסי טבילה בזמנה מצוה והתניא הזב והזבה המצורע והמצורעת בועל נדה וטמא מת טבילתן ביום נדה ויולדת טבילתן בלילה בעל קרי טובל והולך כל היום כולו ר' יוסי אומר מן המנחה ולמעלה אינו צריך לטבול ההיא ר' יוסי בר' יהודה היא דאמר דייה טבילה באחרונה:

and he who is defiled through a corpse, [perform] their tebillah by day.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The seventh day from their defilement. They can perform tebillah any time after dawn, even if it is not yet seven full days of twenty-four hours each from the time of defilement, and even if this falls on the Day of Atonement. ');">³</span> A <i>niddah</i> and woman in confinement [perform] their tebillah at night.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The evening following the day which completes their period of uncleanness, the full period being required in their case. This holds good even if the evening belongs to the Day of Atonement. ');">⁴</span> A ba'al keri<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'one whom a mishap has befallen' — a euphemism for one who discharged semen. By Rabbinical law he requires tebillah before he can engage in the study of Torah. ');">⁵</span>

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