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THE TAMEI COLORS OF BLOOD (Yerushalmi Perek 2 Halachah 6 Daf 8a)

[ãó ç òîåã à] îúðé' çîùä ãîéí èîàéí áàùä äàãåí åäùçåø åë÷øï ëøëåí ëîéîé àãîä åëîæâ

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(Mishnah): There are five Tamei [colors of] blood in a woman -- red, black, like the radiance of saffron, like water of earth (this will be explained in Halachah 7), and like mixed wine.

áéú ùîàé àåîøéí àó ëîéîé úìúï åëîéîé áùø öìé

(b)

Beis Shamai [is Metamei] also blood like Meimei Tilsan (water in which fenugreek was soaked) or like Meimei Basar (juice that exudes from roasting meat);

åáéú äìì îèäøéï

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Beis Hillel is Metaher these.

äéøå÷ ò÷áéä áï îäììàì (îèäø åçëîéí îèîàéï) [ö"ì îèîà åçëîéí îèäøéï - ôðé îùä]

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Akavya ben Mehalalel is Metamei Yarok. (Almost all Rishonim say that (plain) Yarok is yellow. Green is called Yarok k'Karsi (like leeks). Me'iri - Yarok is green, but all are Metamei yellow.) Chachamim are Metaher.

àîø øáé îàéø àí àéðå îèîà îùåí ëúí îèîà îùåí îù÷ä

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R. Meir says, (even) if [such] a Kesem (blood) is not Tamei, it is Tamei due to a liquid (it is Machshir to receive Tum'ah. MISHNAH ACHARONAH - he calls the blood a Kesem, for Dam Nidah is Metamei even when it is dry.)

øáé éåñé àåîø ìà ëê åìà ëê:

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R. Yosi says, it is neither.

âî' øá åøáé éåçðï úøéäåï àîøéï àøáòä ãîéí äï àãåí äåà ùäåà ìå÷ä åðòùä ùçåø

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(Gemara - Rav and R. Yochanan): There are four [colors of] blood in a woman - red is stricken, and it becomes black.

ùîåàì àîø ùçåø áà îëåìï.

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(Shmuel): Black comes from all of them (when they are stricken).

îðééï ìçîùä ãîéí èîàéï îï äúåøä

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Question: What is the source for five Tamei bloods from the Torah?

àîø øáé éäåùò áï ìåé [åé÷øà ë éç] åäéà âéìúä àú î÷åø ãîéä [ùí éá æ] åèéäøä îî÷åø ãîéä [ùí èå éè] ãí éäéä æåáä ááùøä

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Answer (R. Yehoshua ben Levi): "V'Hi Gilsah Es Makor Dameha" (teaches two), "v'Tiharah mi'Mekor Dameha" (teaches another two), "Dam Yihyeh Zovah bi'Vsarah" [teaches a fifth].

åäà [ùí ëä] åàùä ëé éæåá æåá ãîä

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Question: It says also "v'Ishah Ki Yizov Zov Damah"!

îéðäåï äéà àìà ùáà òìéä áéîé æéáúä åòùä àåúä (æéáä) [ö"ì æáä - ôðé îùä]

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Answer: This is one of those [taught already], just it came in her days of Zivah, and it makes her a Zavah.

åîðééï ùéù ãîéí èîàéï åéù ãîéí èäåøéï

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Question: What is the source that there are Tamei bloods and Tahor bloods?

øáé çîà áø éåñó áùí øáé äåùòéä ëúéá [ãáøéí éæ ç] ëé éôìà îîê ãáø ìîùôè áéï ãí åãí àéï ëúéá ëàï àìà áéï ãí ìãí îéëï ùéù ãîéí èîàéï åéù ãîéí èäåøéï:

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Answer (R. Chama bar Yosef citing R. Hoshayah): It does not say 'Ki Yipalei Mimcha Davar la'Mishpat Bein Dam v'Dam' (which connotes bloods of the same type), rather, "Bein Dam l'Dam" (bloods of different types) - this teaches that there are Tamei bloods and Tahor bloods (ALEI TAMAR).

áéú ùîàé àåîøéí àó ëîéîé úìúï åëîéîé áùø öìé.

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(Mishnah): Beis Shamai say, even like Meimei Tilsan and like Meimei Basar [are Tamei].

äøé ùáòä

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Question: [They hold that] there are seven! (The Torah alludes to only five! We did not ask about Akavya. He holds that black was red, just it was stricken, like Rav and R. Yochanan (PANIM ME'IROS), or he expounds a sixth from "v'Ishah Ki Yizov Zov Damah", like the Havah Amina above (OHR SOMAYACH Hilchos Isurei Bi'ah 5:14).)

ãåîéï äï ìîéîé àãîä

(q)

Answer: [Beis Shamai agree that mid'Oraisa, only five are Temei'im. They are Metamei these two mid'Rabanan because] they resemble water of earth [which is Tamei].

øáé éåñé áùí øá çáøééà áùí øáé éåçðï ìà èéîà øáé îàéø àìà ùðâò(å) áå (ò÷éáä) [ò÷áéä]

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(R. Yosi citing Rav, and Talmidim citing R. Yochanan): R. Meir was Metamei (considers to be a liquid to be Machshir) only [Yarok], which Akavya touched (was Metamei).

åéèîà ëîéîé úìúï åëîéîé áùø öìé ùðâòå áäï áéú ùîàé

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Question: He should be Metamei [also] k'Meimei Tilsan and k'Meimei Basar, which Beis Shamai touched (are Metamei)!

àåîøéí äï ãåîéí ìîéîé àãîä ãí (èäåø îëùéø ãí èîà) [ö"ì èîà îëùéø ãí èäåø - øéãá"æ] àéðå îëùéø:

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Answer: [Beis Shamai are Metamei them only mid'Rabanan, because] they resemble water of earth. Tamei blood is Machshir, but Tahor blood is not Machshir. (We explained this like RIDVAZ.)