Responsa for Yevamot 209:20

מיתיבי יכול יהא דם היוצא מפיו ומפי האמה טמא ת"ל (ויקרא טו, ב) זובו טמא ואין דם היוצא מפיו ומפי האמה טמא אלא טהור

mouth or membrum virile is unclean,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' As his spittle or issue respectively is unclean. ');">⁴⁸</span> hence it was explicitly stated, His issue is unclean,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid., emphasis on issue. ');">⁴⁹</span> but the blood which issues from his mouth or from his membrum virile is not unclean, but clean!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Nid. 56a. Apparently because the blood contains no particle of spittle (cf. supra n. 10), which is contradictory to the previous statement that all blood contains some particles of spittle. ');">⁵⁰</span>

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