Commentary for Zevachim 138:4
רבי יוסי אומר דיה כנבלת בהמה שחיטתה מטהרתה ולא מליקתה:
And the Lord said unto Moses: If her father had but spit in her face, should she not hide in shame seven days?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. XII, 14.');"><sup>2</sup></span> How much more should a divine reproof necessitate [shame for] fourteen days; but it is sufficient for that which is inferred by an argument to be like the premise!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Since you argue from her father's reproof, even a Divine reproof does not necessitate a longer period of shame. As Scripture proceeds. 'Let her be shut up without the camp seven days', it is evident that this principle is Scriptural.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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