יד הא נמי תניתוה המפלת כמין קליפה כמין שערה כמין עפר כמין יבחושין אדומין תטיל למים
14 to be void so does semen also, it was expressly stated, So that he is unclean thereby;<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XV, 32. ');"><sup>24</sup></span> you can apply to it<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Semen, which causes uncleanness for one day only. ');"><sup>32</sup></span> only that which had been said about it,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. (cf. prev. n.) it cannot be expected to cause a recount of seven days when it never causes uncleanness for more than one day. ');"><sup>33</sup></span> hence it causes the counting of one day only to be void?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' How then could R. Huna maintain that zibah is the cause of the recount? ');"><sup>34</sup></span> — The other<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' R. Huna. ');"><sup>35</sup></span> replied: It is a decree of Scripture that an absolute <i>zibah</i> in which no semen is mixed causes the counting of all seven days to be void, but particles of <i>zibah</i> in which semen is mixed cause only the counting of one day<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The last, on which it was discovered. ');"><sup>36</sup></span> to be void. R. Jose son of R. Hanina enquired of R. Eleazar: What is the ruling in the case of dry blood?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. does it, or does it not convey uncleanness? ');"><sup>37</sup></span> Did the Divine Law say, Have an issue<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'will flow a flowing' (v. infra). ');"><sup>38</sup></span> of her blood<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XV, 25. ');"><sup>39</sup></span> to indicate that it must be actually flowing,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Cf. prev. n. but one. ');"><sup>40</sup></span> hence it refers only to fluid blood but not to dry, or is it possible that the expression, 'have all issue of her blood'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XV, 25. ');"><sup>41</sup></span> was used merely because blood usually flows, but the same law in fact applies to dry blood also? — The other replied: You have learnt it: The blood of a menstruant and the flesh of a corpse convey uncleanness when fresh or when dry.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Infra 54b. ');"><sup>42</sup></span> Said he [R. Jose] to him, 'Where the blood was first fresh and then it dried up, I have no question to ask; my question arises only where it was originally dry'.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Sc. the abortion was a piece of dry blood. ');"><sup>43</sup></span> 'This also', the other replied, 'you have learnt: IF A WOMAN ABORTED AN OBJECT THAT WAS LIKE A RIND, LIKE A HAIR, LIKE EARTH, LIKE RED FLIES, LET HER PUT IT IN WATER