## Niddah Daf 66a

###### Niddah 66a:1
[Niddah 66a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/66a:1)

וְתִנָּשֵׂא לְאַחֵר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**and is married to another** man. She is permitted to engage in intercourse with her second husband because it is possible that the bleeding was caused by engaging in intercourse with her first husband, and the issue will not reoccur when she engages in intercourse with a different man.


###### Niddah 66a:2
[Niddah 66a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/66a:2)

נִיסֵּת לְאַחֵר, וְרָאֲתָה דָּם מֵחֲמַת תַּשְׁמִישׁ — מְשַׁמֶּשֶׁת פַּעַם רִאשׁוֹנָה וּשְׁנִיָּה וּשְׁלִישִׁית, מִכָּאן וְאֵילָךְ לֹא תְּשַׁמֵּשׁ עַד שֶׁתִּתְגָּרֵשׁ וְתִנָּשֵׂא לְאַחֵר. נִיסֵּת לְאַחֵר, וְרָאֲתָה דָּם מֵחֲמַת תַּשְׁמִישׁ — מְשַׁמֶּשֶׁת פַּעַם רִאשׁוֹנָה וּשְׁנִיָּה וּשְׁלִישִׁית, מִכָּאן וְאֵילָךְ לֹא תְּשַׁמֵּשׁ עַד שֶׁתִּבְדּוֹק עַצְמָהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If **she married another** man **and** again **saw blood due to sexual intercourse, she may engage in intercourse** before the **first time** this occurs, before the **second** time this occurs, **and** before the **third** time this occurs. **From this** point **forward she may not engage in intercourse until she is divorced** from her second husband **and is married to** yet **another** man. If **she married another** man **and** again **saw blood due to sexual intercourse, she may engage in intercourse** the **first time** this occurs, the **second** time this occurs, **and** the **third** time this occurs. **From this** point **forward** there is a presumption that she always bleeds due to engaging in intercourse, and therefore **she may not engage in intercourse** or marry someone else **until she examines herself.**


###### Niddah 66a:3
[Niddah 66a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/66a:3)

כֵּיצַד בּוֹדֶקֶת אֶת עַצְמָהּ? מְבִיאָה שְׁפוֹפֶרֶת, וּבְתוֹכָהּ מִכְחוֹל, וּמוֹךְ מוּנָּח עַל רֹאשׁוֹ. אִם נִמְצָא דָּם עַל רֹאשׁ הַמּוֹךְ — בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁמִּן הַמָּקוֹר הוּא בָּא. לֹא נִמְצָא דָּם עַל רֹאשׁוֹ — בְּיָדוּעַ שֶׁמִּן הַצְּדָדִין הוּא בָּא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**How** does **she examine herself? She brings a tube, inside of which** she places a cosmetic **brush** so that it is long enough to reach deeply into her vagina, **and** an absorbent **cloth is placed on the tip** of the brush. She inserts the tube with the brush and cloth within herself and then removes it. **If blood is found on the top of the** absorbent **cloth, it is known that** the blood **comes from the uterus** and she is ritually impure. If **blood is not found on the top** of the cloth, **it is known that** the blood **comes from the sides** of the vaginal walls and she is ritually pure, and she may resume engaging in intercourse with her husband.


###### Niddah 66a:4
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וְאִם יֵשׁ לָהּ מַכָּה בְּאוֹתוֹ מָקוֹם — תּוֹלָה בְּמַכָּתָהּ, וְאִם יֵשׁ לָהּ וֶסֶת — תּוֹלָה בְּוִסְתָּהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if she has a wound in that place,** i.e., her vagina, **she attributes** the blood **to her wound,** and she is ritually pure, as it is assumed to not be uterine blood. **And if she has a** fixed menstrual **cycle,** i.e., she does not bleed every time she engages in intercourse with her husband, but only at fixed times, **she attributes** the blood **to her** fixed menstrual **cycle,** and she is permitted to engage in intercourse at other times.


###### Niddah 66a:5
[Niddah 66a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/66a:5)

וְאִם הָיָה דַּם מַכָּתָהּ מְשׁוּנֶּה מִדַּם רְאִיָּיתָהּ — אֵינָהּ תּוֹלָה, וְנֶאֱמֶנֶת אִשָּׁה לוֹמַר ״מַכָּה יֵשׁ לִי בַּמָּקוֹר שֶׁמִּמֶּנָּה דָּם יוֹצֵא״, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And if the blood of her wound differed from the blood that she sees** due to sexual intercourse, **she may not attribute** the blood to her wound. **And a woman is deemed credible to say: I have a wound in** my **uterus, from where** the **blood is emerging.** This is **the statement of Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi.


###### Niddah 66a:6
[Niddah 66a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/66a:6)

רַבָּן שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן גַּמְלִיאֵל אוֹמֵר: דַּם מַכָּה הַבָּא מִן הַמָּקוֹר — טָמֵא, וְרַבּוֹתֵינוּ הֵעִידוּ עַל דַּם הַמַּכָּה הַבָּא מִן הַמָּקוֹר שֶׁהוּא טָהוֹר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel says: Blood of a wound that comes from the uterus is ritually impure** as a primary category of impurity. Although this blood does not render it prohibited for her to engage in intercourse with her husband, it does render her impure with regard to eating ritually pure food. **But our Sages testified** that they had a tradition **with regard to** the **blood of a wound that comes from the uterus, that it is ritually pure.**


###### Niddah 66a:7
[Niddah 66a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/66a:7)

מַאי בֵּינַיְיהוּ? אָמַר עוּלָּא: מָקוֹר מְקוֹמוֹ טָמֵא אִיכָּא בֵּינַיְיהוּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara asks: **What is** the difference **between** the opinion of those Sages and the opinion of Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel? **Ulla said:** The difference **between them is** whether the **place of** a woman’s **uterus is impure,** which means that any blood that passes through there is impure, even if it is blood from a wound. According to Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel, even the blood of a wound becomes impure if it passes through the uterus, whereas those Sages hold that only blood that originates in the uterus is impure.


###### Niddah 66a:8
[Niddah 66a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/66a:8)

שְׁפוֹפֶרֶת — (אַפְגּוֹרֵי מַפְגְּרָא) [אַפְסוֹדֵי מַפְסְדָא] לַהּ! אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: בִּשְׁפוֹפֶרֶת שֶׁל אֲבָר, וּפִיהָ רָצוּף לְתוֹכָהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to the *baraita* that states that the test for a woman who experiences bleeding due to sexual intercourse is to insert **a tube,** the Gemara asks: But won’t a tube **scratch her** and cause her to bleed regardless? **Shmuel said:** The *baraita* is referring **to a tube of lead, and the mouth,** i.e., the end that is inserted, **is folded inward** so that it will not scratch her.


###### Niddah 66a:9
[Niddah 66a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/66a:9)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ לְרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן: וְתִבְדּוֹק עַצְמָהּ בְּבִיאָה שְׁלִישִׁית שֶׁל בַּעַל הָרִאשׁוֹן? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לְפִי שֶׁאֵין כׇּל הָאֶצְבָּעוֹת שָׁווֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* says that if a woman experiences bleeding on three occasions due to intercourse with her husband he must divorce her. **Reish Lakish said to Rabbi Yoḥanan: But let her examine herself after the third** act of **intercourse with her first husband,** so that he need not divorce her. Rabbi Yoḥanan **said to him:** It is preferable for her not to test herself and risk becoming forbidden to all men and instead to be divorced and remarry another, **because not all fingers,** i.e., penises, **are equal.** Since it is possible that sexual intercourse with her second husband might not cause her to bleed, she should not risk becoming forbidden to all men by performing the examination.


###### Niddah 66a:10
[Niddah 66a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/66a:10)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ: וְתִבְדּוֹק עַצְמָהּ בְּבִיאָה רִאשׁוֹנָה שֶׁל בַּעַל שְׁלִישִׁי? לְפִי שֶׁאֵין כׇּל הַכֹּחוֹת שָׁווֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Reish Lakish further **said to** Rabbi Yoḥanan: Why does she examine herself only after the third time she experiences bleeding due to sexual intercourse with her third husband? **But let her examine herself after the first** act of **intercourse with her third husband.** After the first occurrence this woman already has a presumptive status that all acts of intercourse cause her to bleed. Rabbi Yoḥanan answered: She does not perform the examination then, **because not all forces are equal.** It is possible that the manner in which the couple has intercourse causes her to bleed, and therefore it is only after three times that she has a presumptive status of bleeding after every act of intercourse.


###### Niddah 66a:11
[Niddah 66a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/66a:11)

הָהִיא דַּאֲתַאי לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרַבִּי, אֲמַר לֵיהּ לְאַבָּדָן: זִיל בַּעֲתַהּ. אֲזַל בַּעֲתַהּ, וְנָפַל מִמֶּנָּה חֲרָרַת דָּם. אָמַר רַבִּי: נִתְרַפְּאָה זֹאת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates: There was **a certain** woman who experienced bleeding due to sexual intercourse **who came before Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi and asked him what she should do. Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi **said to** the Sage **Abdon,** who was present at the time: **Go** and suddenly **frighten** this woman. Abdon **went** and **frightened her, and a mass** of congealed **blood fell from her** vagina. **Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi **said: This** woman is now **cured.** She will no longer experience bleeding due to sexual intercourse, as this mass of blood was the source of the blood.


###### Niddah 66a:12
[Niddah 66a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/66a:12)

הַהִיא אִתְּתָא דַּאֲתַאי לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּמָר שְׁמוּאֵל, אֲמַר לֵיהּ לְרַב דִּימִי בַּר יוֹסֵף: זִיל בַּעֲתַהּ! אֲזַל בַּעֲתַהּ, וְלָא נְפַל (מִמֶּנָּה) [מִינַּהּ] וְלָא מִידֵּי. אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: זוֹ מְמַלְּאָה וְנוֹפֶצֶת הִיא, וְכׇל הַמְמַלְּאָה וְנוֹפֶצֶת — אֵין לָהּ תַּקָּנָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates a similar incident: There was **a certain** woman who experienced bleeding due to sexual intercourse **who came before Shmuel.** Shmuel **said to Rav Dimi bar Yosef: Go** and **frighten** this woman. Rav Dimi **went** and **frightened her, but nothing fell from her at all. Shmuel said: This** woman **is filled** with blood, **which falls** out of her during intercourse. **And any** woman who **is filled** with blood **that falls** out during intercourse **has no cure.**


###### Niddah 66a:13
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הָהִיא דַּאֲתַאי לְקַמֵּיהּ דְּרַבִּי יוֹחָנָן, דְּכֹל אֵימַת דַּהֲוָת סָלְקָא מִטְּבִילַת מִצְוָה, הֲוָת קָחָזְיָא דְּמָא. אֲמַר לַהּ: שֶׁמָּא דִּימַת עִירִיךְ עָלְתָה בִּיךְ, לְכִי וְהִבָּעֲלִי לוֹ עַל גַּבֵּי הַנָּהָר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara relates another incident: There was **a certain** woman **who came before Rabbi Yoḥanan** and told him **that every time she emerged from immersion** in a ritual bath, after completing the **mitzva** of purifying herself for her husband, **she would see blood** before she engaged in intercourse with him. Rabbi Yoḥanan **said to her: Perhaps the gossip** of the women **in your city,** who are jealous of the love between you and your husband, **has reached you,** and this evil eye causes you to bleed before you engage in intercourse. **Go and** immerse in the river and **engage in intercourse with** your husband **on the bank of the river,** so that the other women will not see you leaving the ritual bath and gossip about you.


###### Niddah 66a:14
[Niddah 66a:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/66a:14)

אִיכָּא דְּאָמַר, אֲמַר לַהּ: תְּגַלִּי לְחַבְרוֹתִיךְ. כִּי הֵיכִי (דתהוו) [דְּתָוְוהָן] עֲלַיךְ לְהָךְ גִּיסָא, נִתְוְוהוּ עֲלַךְ לְהָךְ גִּיסָא. וְאִיכָּא דְּאָמַר, אֲמַר לָהּ: גַּלִּי לְחַבְרוֹתִיךְ, כִּי הֵיכִי דְּלִבְעוֹ עֲלַיךְ רַחֲמִים, דְּתַנְיָא: ״וְטָמֵא טָמֵא יִקְרָא״ — צָרִיךְ לְהוֹדִיעַ צַעֲרוֹ לָרַבִּים, וְרַבִּים מְבַקְּשִׁים עָלָיו רַחֲמִים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Some say** that Rabbi Yoḥanan **said to her: Reveal** this fact **to your friends, so that** those women **who were** against **you on this side,** and gossiped about you, **will be** with **you on that side,** and be kind to you. **And some say** that Rabbi Yoḥanan **said to her: Reveal** this fact **to your friends, in order that they will pray for mercy for you, as it is taught** in a *baraita* discussing the verse: “And the leper in whom the mark is, his clothes shall be ripped and the hair of his head shall grow long and he will put a covering upon his upper lip **and will cry: Impure, impure”** (Leviticus 13:45). The leper publicizes the fact that he is ritually impure, as he **must announce his pain to the masses, and** then **the masses will pray for mercy on his** behalf.


###### Niddah 66a:15
[Niddah 66a:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/66a:15)

אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף: הֲוָה עוֹבָדָא בְּפוּמְבְּדִיתָא, וְאִתַּסִּי.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Yosef said: There was** a similar **incident in Pumbedita** of a woman who experienced bleeding immediately after immersing in a ritual bath, and she followed the advice given by Rabbi Yoḥanan **and she was cured.**


###### Niddah 66a:16
[Niddah 66a:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/66a:16)

אָמַר רַב יוֹסֵף, אָמַר רַב יְהוּדָה, אָמַר רַב: הִתְקִין רַבִּי בְּשָׂדוֹת, רָאֲתָה יוֹם אֶחָד — תֵּשֵׁב שִׁשָּׁה וְהוּא,

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rav Yosef says** that **Rav Yehuda says** that **Rav says: Rabbi** Yehuda HaNasi **decreed** that **in the fields,** i.e., in those distant places where there were no Torah scholars and whose residents were not well versed in the *halakhot* of menstruating women and did not know how to distinguish between the days of menstruation and the days of *ziva*, if **she saw** blood on **one day, she must sit** and count **six** days **and that** first day. She must observe six clean days without a discharge despite the possibility that she might have experienced bleeding only in her period of *ziva*, in which case she would be impure for only one day.


###### Niddah 66a:17
[Niddah 66a:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/66a:17)

שְׁנַיִם — תֵּשֵׁב שִׁשָּׁה, וְהֵן שְׁלֹשָׁה — תֵּשֵׁב שִׁבְעָה נְקִיִּים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
If she experiences bleeding for **two** days, **she must sit** and count **six** days **and** both of **those** first two days, for a total of eight days, in case the first day on which she bled was the last day of *ziva*, while the next day was the first day of her menstruation period. If she experiences bleeding for **three** days **she must sit** and count **seven clean** days, as she might be a greater *zava*, who must count seven clean days.


###### Niddah 66a:18
[Niddah 66a:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/66a:18)

אָמַר רַבִּי זֵירָא: בְּנוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל הֶחֱמִירוּ עַל עַצְמָן, שֶׁאֲפִילּוּ רוֹאוֹת טִפַּת דָּם כְּחַרְדָּל — יוֹשְׁבוֹת עָלֶיהָ שִׁבְעָה נְקִיִּים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara cites a related statement. **Rabbi Zeira says: Jewish women were stringent with themselves** to the extent **that even if they see a drop of blood** the size **of a mustard** seed, they **sit seven clean** days **for it.** By Torah law, a woman who experiences menstrual bleeding waits seven days in total before immersing, regardless of whether she experienced bleeding on those days. If she experiences bleeding during the eleven days when she is not expected to experience menstrual bleeding, she is a lesser *zava* and waits one day without bleeding and then immerses. The Jewish women accepted upon themselves the stringency that if they experience any bleeding whatsoever, they treat it as the blood of a greater *zava*, which obligates one to count seven clean days before immersing (see Leviticus 15:25).


###### Niddah 66a:19
[Niddah 66a:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/66a:19)

אַדְבְּרֵיהּ רָבָא לְרַב שְׁמוּאֵל, וְדָרֵשׁ: קִשְּׁתָה שְׁנֵי יָמִים, וְלַשְּׁלִישִׁי הִפִּילָה — תֵּשֵׁב שִׁבְעָה נְקִיִּים. קָסָבַר: אֵין קָשָׁוֵי לִנְפָלִים, וְאִי אֶפְשָׁר לִפְתִיחַת הַקֶּבֶר בְּלֹא דָּם.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rava authorized Rav Shmuel, and he taught:** If a pregnant woman experienced **labor pains** for **two days, and on the third** day **she miscarried, she must sit** and count **seven clean** days. The Gemara explains that Rava **holds** that the principle that blood that emerges while the woman experiences **labor pains** is not ritually impure does **not** apply **to miscarriages. And** Rava further maintains that **it is impossible for the womb to open without blood** emerging. Therefore, when she miscarried she must have experienced a flow of blood, even if she did not notice it.


###### Niddah 66a:20
[Niddah 66a:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/66a:20)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב פָּפָּא לְרָבָא: מַאי אִרְיָא קִשְּׁתָה שְׁנֵי יָמִים? אֲפִילּוּ מַשֶּׁהוּ בְּעָלְמָא! דְּהָא אָמַר רַבִּי זֵירָא: בְּנוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל הֶחֱמִירוּ עַל עַצְמָן, שֶׁאֲפִילּוּ רוֹאוֹת טִפַּת דָּם כְּחַרְדָּל — יוֹשְׁבוֹת עָלֶיהָ שִׁבְעָה נְקִיִּים!

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**Rav Pappa said to Rava:** For **what** reason did you teach this *halakha* **specifically** with regard to a woman who experiences **labor pains** for **two days? Even** if she **merely** discharges **any amount** of blood she should be impure, **as Rabbi Zeira says: The Jewish women were stringent with themselves** to the extent **that even if they see a drop of blood of** the size of **a mustard** seed, that woman **sits seven clean** days **for it.** Since it is impossible for the womb to open without the emergence of blood, when this woman miscarried there must have been blood, and therefore she must count seven clean days.


###### Niddah 66a:21
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ רבא: אָמֵינָא לָךְ אִיסּוּרָא, וְאַתְּ אָמְרַתְּ מִנְהָגָא?! הֵיכָא דְּאַחְמוּר — אַחְמוּר, הֵיכָא דְּלָא אַחְמוּר — לָא אַחְמוּר.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rava **said to** Rav Pappa: **I speak to you** of **a prohibition,** i.e., that by Torah law a woman who experiences difficulty in childbirth for two days and on the third miscarries must count seven clean days as a greater *zava*, **and you speak to me** of **a custom,** a mere stringency. The stringency you mention does not apply in this case. **Where** the Jewish women **were stringent, they were stringent,** i.e., if they saw a drop of blood the size of a mustard seed. **Where they were not stringent,** i.e., in a case of blood due to labor, **they were not stringent.** By contrast, in the case I described the woman is obligated to count seven clean days by Torah law.


###### Niddah 66a:22
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(תְּבָעוּהָ, נֶתֶר, בְּחַמִּין, לִטְבוּל, קְמָטִים, עַל גַּבֵּי, נָמָל — סִימָן). אָמַר רָבָא: תְּבָעוּהָ לִינָּשֵׂא וְנִתְפַּיְּיסָה — צְרִיכָה שֶׁתֵּשֵׁב שִׁבְעָה נְקִיִּים.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara provides **a mnemonic** for the following discussions: **One who proposed to her; natron; with hot** water; **to immerse; folds; on top of; a port. Rava says:** With regard to **one who proposed marriage to** a woman **and she accepted it,** the emotional excitement might have caused her to have a flow of menstrual blood, which would render her ritually impure and prohibit her from engaging in intercourse. Even if she was unaware of any flow, she must consider the possibility that it occurred. Therefore, to purify herself **she must wait seven** consecutive days that are **clean** from any flow of menstrual blood and then immerse in a ritual bath. Only after that process may she marry.


###### Niddah 66a:23
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רָבִינָא אֶיעְסֹק לֵיהּ לִבְרֵיהּ בֵּי רַב חֲנִינָא, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: סָבַר לֵיהּ מָר לְמִכְתַּב כְּתוּבָה לְאַרְבָּעָה יוֹם? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אִין. כִּי מְטָא לְאַרְבָּעָה, נְטַר עַד אַרְבְּעָה אַחֲרִינָא, אִיעַכַּב שִׁבְעָה יוֹמֵי בָּתַר הָהוּא יוֹמָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara cites a related incident: **Ravina arranged for his son** to marry into **the family of Rav Ḥanina,** i.e., to marry Rav Ḥanina’s daughter. Rav Ḥanina **said to** Ravina: **Does the Master hold** that it is appropriate **to write the marriage contract** as stating that the wedding will take place **in four days,** i.e., on Wednesday? Ravina **said: Yes. When** the **fourth** day, i.e., Wednesday **arrived, he waited until another fourth** day before marrying her, until the following Wednesday, i.e., **he delayed seven days after that day** when he had planned to marry her.


###### Niddah 66a:24
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ: מַאי הַאי? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: לָא סָבַר לַהּ מָר לְהָא דְּרָבָא, דְּאָמַר רָבָא: תְּבָעוּהָ לִינָּשֵׂא וְנִתְפַּיְּיסָה צְרִיכָה לֵישֵׁב שִׁבְעָה נְקִיִּים? אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אֵימַר דְּאָמַר רָבָא בִּגְדוֹלָה דְּקָחָזְיָא דְּמָא, אֲבָל בִּקְטַנָּה דְּלָא חַזְיָא דְּמָא — מִי אָמַר?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Rav Ḥanina **said to** Ravina: **What is this?** Why did you delay the wedding by an extra week? Ravina **said to** Rav Ḥanina: **Doesn’t the Master hold in accordance with this** statement **of Rava, as Rava said:** With regard to **one who proposed marriage to** a woman **and she accepted it, she must wait seven** consecutive days that are **clean** from any flow of menstrual blood and then immerse in a ritual bath? Rav Ḥanina **said to** Ravina: One can **say that Rava said** this statement **with regard to an adult woman, who has seen** menstrual **blood. But did** Rava actually **say** this **with regard to a minor girl, who has not** yet **seen** menstrual **blood?**


###### Niddah 66a:25
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אֲמַר לֵיהּ: בְּפֵירוּשׁ אָמַר רָבָא: לָא שְׁנָא גְּדוֹלָה, לָא שְׁנָא קְטַנָּה. גְּדוֹלָה טַעְמָא מַאי? מִשּׁוּם דְּמֵחֲמָדָא, קְטַנָּה נָמֵי מֵחֲמָדָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
Ravina **said to** Rav Ḥanina: **Rava said explicitly** that there is **no difference** whether she is **an adult woman** and **no difference** whether she is **a minor girl. What is the reason** that **an adult woman** must wait for seven days? She must wait **because she desires** to marry her husband, and this might cause her to have a flow of blood. **A minor girl also desires** to marry her husband, which could cause a flow of blood.


###### Niddah 66a:26
[Niddah 66a:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/66a:26)

אָמַר רָבָא: אִשָּׁה

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
§ **Rava says: A woman** who is about to immerse herself in a ritual bath for purification