Quoting%20commentary for Moed Katan 54:2
בראשונה היו מניחין את המוגמר תחת חולי מעים מתים והיו חולי מעים חיים מתביישין התקינו שיהו מניחין תחת הכל מפני כבודן של חולי מעים חיים
Formerly they were wont to subject to [ritual] ablution all utensils that had been used by [dying] menstruants,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' A menstruant's touch defiled persons, her bed, clothes and utensils. Cf. Lev. XV, 19-24.');"><sup>2</sup></span> and the living menstruant women felt thereby shamed: they instituted therefore that they should subject utensils used by all [dying] women alike, out of deference to the living menstruants. Formerly they were wont to subject to [ritual] ablution all utensils used by those suffering from a flux.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XV, 4-12.');"><sup>3</sup></span>
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