Commentary for Yevamot 138:10

אמר רב חסדא טובלת ואוכלת עד ארבעים דאי לא מיעברא הא לא מיעברא ואי מיעברא עד ארבעים מיא בעלמא היא

she may perform her ritual immersion<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Prescribed in Lev. XV, 18. ');">³⁴</span> and eat <i>terumah</i> the same evening!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' No precaution being taken against the possibility that the woman may have conceived and thereby remained forbidden to eat terumah. ');">³⁵</span> — R. Hisda replied: She performs the immersion but may eat <i>terumah</i> only until the fortieth day. For if she is not found pregnant<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' On the fortieth day. ');">³⁶</span> she never was pregnant;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And is allowed to eat terumah after that day also. ');">³⁷</span>

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