Commentary for Shabbat 62:10

<big><strong>גמ׳</strong></big> נדה מ"ט א"ר יצחק היא קלקלה בחדרי בטנה לפיכך תלקה בחדרי בטנה תינח נדה חלה והדלקת הנר מאי איכא למימר כדדרש ההוא גלילאה עליה דרב חסדא אמר הקב"ה רביעית דם נתתי בכם על עסקי דם הזהרתי אתכם

This proves it. <b><i>MISHNAH</i></b>. FOR THREE SINS WOMEN DIE IN CHILDBIRTH: BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT OBSERVANT OF [THE LAWS OF] <i>NIDDAH</i>, <i>HALLAH</i>,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the terms v. Glos. ');">²⁶</span> AND THE KINDLING OF THE [SABBATH] LIGHTS.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [In time before Sabbath sets in, v. Strashun]. ');">²⁷</span> <b><i>GEMARA</i></b>. What is the reason of <i>niddah</i>? — Said R. Isaac: She transgressed through the chambers of her womb, therefore she is punished through the chambers of her womb. That is right of <i>niddah</i>, but what can be said of <i>hallah</i> and the kindling of lights? — As a certain Galilean lectured before R. Hisda: The Holy One, blessed be He, said: I put a rebi'ith of blood in you;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Rebi'ith=one log=one fourth of a kab, and was held to be the smallest quantity of blood within a human being on which life in be supported. ');">²⁸</span> therefore I commanded you concerning blood.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Not to shed it: Gen. IX. 5f. ');">²⁹</span>

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