Commentary for Yevamot 149:7

(ויקרא יא, לב) במים יובא וטמא עד הערב למה לי א"ר זירא לנגיעה

the law<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the prescribed sacrifice must be brought before cleanness is effected. ');">¹⁵</span> might have been said to apply to her only because her uncleanness is of long duration,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Eighty days must elapse in the case of the birth of a daughter (v. Lev. XII. 5) before the mother is permitted to eat of terumah or of holy food. ');">¹⁶</span> but not to a <i>zab</i>. And had the All Merciful written the law<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra note 3. ');">¹⁷</span>

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