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Mishnayos Niddah Perek 10 Mishnah 3

נדה פרק י׳ משנה ג׳

3

With regard to a zav and a zava, who are required to count and examine themselves on each of seven clean days before purification in a ritual bath, who examined themselves on the first day and found themselves ritually pure, i.e., with no blood, and they examined themselves on the seventh day and found themselves ritually pure, and on the rest of the intervening days they did not examine themselves, Rabbi Eliezer says: The presumptive status of the zav and the zava is one of ritual purity. Rabbi Yehoshua says: In that case, the zav and the zava have counted only the first day and the seventh day, two of the seven clean days, and they must count another five days to complete the tally. Rabbi Akiva says: The zav and the zava have counted only the seventh day, and they must count another six days to complete the tally.

הַזָּב וְהַזָּבָה שֶׁבָּדְקוּ עַצְמָן בְּיוֹם רִאשׁוֹן וּמָצְאוּ טָהוֹר, וּבַיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וּמָצְאוּ טָהוֹר, וּשְׁאָר יָמִים שֶׁבֵּינְתַיִם לֹא בָדְקוּ, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, הֲרֵי הֵן בְּחֶזְקַת טָהֳרָה. רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אוֹמֵר, אֵין לָהֶם אֶלָּא יוֹם רִאשׁוֹן וְיוֹם שְׁבִיעִי בִלְבָד. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר, אֵין לָהֶם אֶלָּא יוֹם שְׁבִיעִי בִלְבָד:

ג׳
Bartenura

הזב והזבה – who are required to count seven clean [days] and they ceased from their sightings [of blood] and began o count, and they counted on the first [day] and on the seventh [day], etc.

אין להם אלא יום הראשון ושביעי בלבד- - [according to Rabbi Yehoshua], and they need to count another five clean days, in order to complete the seven [clean days].

ר' עקיבא אומר אין להם אלא שביעי – lest they saw [blood during the days] in-between and it nullified their first count. But the Halakha is according to Rabbi Eliezer [that they are under the presumption of ritual purity – when examining only on the first and seventh days].

הזב והזבה. שצריכין לספור שבעה נקיים, ופסקו מראייתן והתחילו לספור, ובדקו יום ראשון ושביעי כו׳:

אין להם אלא יום ראשון ושביעי בלבד. וצריכין לספור עוד חמשה. ימים נקיים, כדי להשלים לשבעה:

ר׳ עקיבא אומר אין להם אלא שביעי. שמא ראו בינתיים וסתרו ספירתן הראשונה. והלכה כר׳ אליעזר: