Questions tagged [maseches-zavim]

The Ninth Tractate in the Order of Tahoros, dealing with the laws of ritual impurity due to a seminal emission or gonorrheal secretion

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Why does the second day ruin the count, and the third day not?

Zavim, chapter 1, mishna 2, in my own, free translation, following the consensus of major commentators: Suppose someone has a seminal emission on the third day of his count of seven clean days after zov. Bes Shamay say that that cancels the two…
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