## Niddah Daf 73a

###### Niddah 73a:1
[Niddah 73a:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/73a:1)

״בְּלֹא עֶת נִדָּתָהּ״ (עַל נִדָּתָהּ) — סָמוּךְ לְנִדָּתָהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
“And if a woman has a discharge of her *ziva* blood for many days **not in the time of her menstruation,** or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her menstruation, all the days of the issue of her *ziva* she shall be as in the days of her menstruation: She is impure” (Leviticus 15:25). This verse teaches that a woman becomes a *zava* only if she experiences bleeding **close to** her days of **menstruation,** i.e., on the day following her days of menstruation, but not during her days of menstruation.


###### Niddah 73a:2
[Niddah 73a:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/73a:2)

וְאֵין לִי אֶלָּא סָמוּךְ לְנִדָּתָהּ, מוּפְלָג לְנִדָּתָהּ יוֹם אֶחָד מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״אוֹ כִּי תָּזוּב״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues: **And I have** derived **only** that she is a *zava* in a case where she experiences bleeding **close to** her time of **menstruation. From where** do I derive that if she experiences bleeding **one day separated from** her days of **menstruation** she is also a *zava*? **The verse states: “Or if she has a discharge** beyond the time of her menstruation” (Leviticus 15:25).


###### Niddah 73a:3
[Niddah 73a:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/73a:3)

אֵין לִי אֶלָּא יוֹם אֶחָד, מִנַּיִן לְרַבּוֹת מוּפְלָג שְׁנַיִם, שְׁלֹשָׁה, אַרְבָּעָה, חֲמִשָּׁה, שִׁשָּׁה, וְשִׁבְעָה, שְׁמוֹנָה, תִּשְׁעָה, עֲשָׂרָה, מִנַּיִן?

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* further states: **I have** derived **only** that she is a *zava* in a case where she experiences bleeding **one day** away from her time of menstruation. **From where** is it derived **to include** a case when she experiences bleeding **two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,** or **ten** days **separated from** her days of menstruation that she is also a *zava*? **From where** is this derived?


###### Niddah 73a:4
[Niddah 73a:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/73a:4)

אָמַרְתָּ: מָה מָצִינוּ בִּרְבִיעִי שֶׁרָאוּי לִסְפִירָה וְרָאוּי לְזִיבָה, אַף אֲנִי אָבִיא הָעֲשִׂירִי שֶׁרָאוּי לִסְפִירָה וְרָאוּי לְזִיבָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**You say** as follows: **Just as we find** with regard to a woman who experiences bleeding **on** the **fourth** day of her days of *ziva*, **that** it **is fit for counting,** i.e., if she experiences bleeding for the first time on that day she must count one clean day for the one day that she experienced bleeding, **and** it **is fit for *ziva*,** i.e., if it is the last of three consecutive days of sightings that she becomes a greater *zava*, **so too I will bring** and include **the tenth** day, **as** it **is fit for counting** if she experiences bleeding for the first time on that day, **and fit for *ziva*** if she experiences bleeding for the third consecutive day on the tenth day.


###### Niddah 73a:5
[Niddah 73a:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/73a:5)

וּמִנַּיִן לְרַבּוֹת אַחַד עָשָׂר? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״בְּלֹא עֶת נִדָּתָהּ״. יָכוֹל שֶׁאֲנִי מְרַבֶּה אַף שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר? אָמַרְתָּ: לָאו.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues: **And from where** is it derived **to include** a case where she experiences bleeding on the **eleventh** day after her days of menstruation? **The verse states: “Not in the time of her menstruation”** (Leviticus 15:25). One **might** have thought **that I include even** the **twelfth** day after her period of menstruation. **You** must **say: No,** as that is no longer within her days of *ziva*.


###### Niddah 73a:6
[Niddah 73a:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/73a:6)

וּמָה רָאִיתָ לְרַבּוֹת אַחַד עָשָׂר וּלְהוֹצִיא שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר? מְרַבֶּה אֲנִי אַחַד עָשָׂר — שֶׁרָאוּי לִסְפִירַת ״אוֹ כִי תָזוּב״, וּמוֹצִיא אֲנִי שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר — שֶׁאֵין רָאוּי לִסְפִירַת ״אוֹ כִי תָזוּב״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* further states: **And what did you see to include** the **eleventh** day **and to exclude** the **twelfth** day? **I include** the **eleventh** day **as it is fit for counting** the seven clean days that follow sightings on three consecutive days which ended on the fourth day, as derived from the verse: **“Or if she has a discharge** beyond the time of her menstruation” (Leviticus 15:25), as explained; **and I exclude** the **twelfth** day **as it is not fit for counting** the seven clean days after the fourth day, a requirement derived from the same verse: **“Or if she has a discharge** beyond the time of her menstruation.”


###### Niddah 73a:7
[Niddah 73a:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/73a:7)

וְאֵין לִי אֶלָּא שְׁלֹשָׁה יָמִים, שְׁנֵי יָמִים מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״יְמֵי״, יוֹם אֶחָד מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״כׇּל יְמֵי״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues: **And I have** derived **only** that a woman is impure as a *zava* if she experiences bleeding for **three** consecutive **days. From where** do I derive that she is impure if she experiences bleeding for **two** consecutive **days?** The continuation of **the verse states:** “All the **days** of the issue of her *ziva* she shall be as in the days of her menstruation: She is impure” (Leviticus 15:25). The plural “days” indicates two days. **From where** is it derived that she is impure if she experiences bleeding on only **one day? The verse states: “All the days** of the issue of her *ziva* she shall be as in the days of her menstruation: She is impure.”


###### Niddah 73a:8
[Niddah 73a:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/73a:8)

״טְמֵאָה״ — מְלַמֵּד שֶׁמְּטַמְּאָה אֶת בּוֹעֲלָהּ כְּנִדָּה. ״הִיא״ — הִיא מְטַמְּאָה אֶת בּוֹעֲלָהּ, וְאֵין הַזָּב מְטַמֵּא מָה שֶׁהוּא בּוֹעֵל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* further explains that the word **“impure”** in that verse **teaches that** a *zava* **renders one who engages in intercourse with her impure,** just **like a menstruating woman** does. The term: **“She** is impure,” indicates that **she,** a *zava*, **renders** a man **who engages in intercourse with her impure, but a *zav* does not render** a woman **whom he engages in intercourse** with **ritually impure.**


###### Niddah 73a:9
[Niddah 73a:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/73a:9)

וַהֲלֹא דִּין הוּא, וּמָה הִיא שֶׁאֵינָהּ מְטַמְּאָה בִּרְאִיּוֹת כִּבְיָמִים — מְטַמְּאָה אֶת בּוֹעֲלָהּ, הוּא שֶׁמְּטַמֵּא בִּרְאִיּוֹת כִּבְיָמִים — אֵינוֹ דִּין שֶׁמְּטַמֵּא מַה שֶּׁהוּא בּוֹעֵל! תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״הִיא״ — הִיא מְטַמְּאָה אֶת בּוֹעֲלָהּ, וְאֵין הַזָּב מְטַמֵּא מַה שֶּׁהוּא בּוֹעֵל.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
One might have thought that one who engages in intercourse with a *zav* has the same status as one who engages in intercourse with a *zava*. Could **this not** be derived through an *a fortiori* **inference? And if** a *zava*, **who does not become impure through** three **sightings like** she becomes impure if she experiences bleeding **for** three consecutive **days,** and yet she **renders** a man **who engages in intercourse with her impure,** then with regard to a *zav*, **who becomes impure through** three **sightings** even on a single day **like** he becomes impure by seeing a discharge for three consecutive **days, isn’t it logical that he** should **render** a women **whom he engages in intercourse** with **ritually impure?** Therefore, **the verse states: “She** shall be impure.” This teaches that a *zava* **renders** a man **who engages in intercourse with her impure, but a *zav* does not render** a woman **whom he engages in intercourse** with **ritually impure.**


###### Niddah 73a:10
[Niddah 73a:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/73a:10)

וּמִנַּיִן שֶׁהוּא עוֹשֶׂה מִשְׁכָּב וּמוֹשָׁב? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״כְּמִשְׁכַּב נִדָּתָהּ״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And from where** is it derived **that** a *zava* **transmits impurity** to items designated for **lying or sitting? The verse states:** “Every bed which she lies on all the days of her discharge shall be for her **like the bed of her menstruation;** and everything that she sits on shall be impure, as the impurity of her menstruation” (Leviticus 15:26).


###### Niddah 73a:11
[Niddah 73a:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/73a:11)

וְאֵין לִי אֶלָּא שְׁלֹשָׁה יָמִים, שְׁנֵי יָמִים מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר ״יְמֵי״, יוֹם אֶחָד מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״כׇּל יְמֵי״.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
**And I have** derived **only** that she transmits impurity to items designated for lying or sitting if she experiences bleeding for **three** consecutive **days** and is a greater *zava*. **From where** do I derive that she transmits impurity to items designated for lying or sitting if she experiences bleeding for **two** consecutive **days** and is only a lesser *zava*? **The verse states “days.”** And **from where** do I derive that she transmits impurity to items designated for lying or sitting even if she experiences bleeding on only **one day? The verse states: “All the days** of her discharge.”


###### Niddah 73a:12
[Niddah 73a:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/73a:12)

וּמִנַּיִן שֶׁסּוֹפֶרֶת אֶחָד לְאֶחָד? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״יִהְיֶה לָהּ״. יָכוֹל תִּסְפּוֹר שִׁבְעָה לִשְׁנַיִם? וְדִין הוּא: וּמָה הוּא, שֶׁאֵין סוֹפֵר אֶחָד לְאֶחָד, סוֹפֵר שִׁבְעָה לִשְׁנַיִם — הִיא, שֶׁסּוֹפֶרֶת אֶחָד לְאֶחָד, אֵינוֹ דִּין שֶׁתִּסְפּוֹר שִׁבְעָה לִשְׁנַיִם? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״יִהְיֶה לָהּ״ — אֵינָהּ סוֹפֶרֶת אֶלָּא יוֹמָהּ.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The *baraita* continues: **And from where** is it derived **that she counts one** clean day **for** experiencing bleeding on **one** day? **The verse states:** “All the days of her discharge **shall be for her.”** One **might** have thought that she **must count seven** clean days **for** experiencing bleeding on **two** consecutive days. **And this is a logical inference: Just as** a *zav*, **who does not count one** clean day if he sees a discharge **on one** day, nevertheless **must count seven** clean days if he sees a discharge **on two days,** then with regard to a *zava*, **who counts one** clean day if she experiences bleeding **on one** day, **isn’t it logical that** she should **count seven** clean days if she experiences bleeding **on two** consecutive days? **The verse states:** “All the days of her discharge **shall be for her,”** which teaches that **she counts only her** one **day** even if she experiences bleeding for two consecutive days.


###### Niddah 73a:13
[Niddah 73a:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/73a:13)

אַלְמָא קְרָאֵי נִינְהוּ! לְרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא — קְרָאֵי, לְרַבִּי אֶלְעָזָר בֶּן עֲזַרְיָה — הִלְכְתָא.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara explains the difficulty from this *baraita*: **Evidently,** the *halakhot* of the eleven days of *ziva* **are** derived from **verses** and are not a *halakha* transmitted to Moses from Sinai. The Gemara answers: **According to** the opinion of **Rabbi Akiva** these *halakhot* are derived from **verses. According to** the opinion of **Rabbi Elazar ben Azarya** they are **a *halakha*** transmitted to Moses from Sinai.


###### Niddah 73a:14
[Niddah 73a:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/73a:14)

אֲמַר לֵיהּ רַב שְׁמַעְיָה לְרַבִּי אַבָּא: אֵימָא, בִּימָמָא תִּהְוֵי זָבָה, בְּלֵילְיָא תִּהְוֵי נִדָּה! אֲמַר לֵיהּ: עֲלָךְ אָמַר קְרָא ״עַל נִדָּתָהּ״ — סָמוּךְ לְנִדָּתָהּ. סָמוּךְ לְנִדָּתָהּ אֵימַת הָוֵי? בְּלֵילְיָא, וְקָא קָרֵי לַהּ זָבָה.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
With regard to the verse discussing the days of *ziva*, **Rav Shemaya said to Rabbi Abba:** But one can **say** that if she experiences bleeding **during the daytime she shall be a *zava*,** but if she experiences bleeding **at night she shall be a menstruating woman,** as the verse specifies “days.” Rabbi Abba **said to him: With regard to your claim, the verse states: “Beyond the time of her menstruation”** (Leviticus 15:25), which teaches that she becomes a *zava* if she experiences bleeding **close to her** days of **menstruation. When is** the time **close to her** days of **menstruation? At night. And** with regard to an emission during this time **the** verse **calls her a *zava*.**


###### Niddah 73a:15
[Niddah 73a:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/73a:15)

תָּנָא דְּבֵי אֵלִיָּהוּ: כׇּל הַשּׁוֹנֶה הֲלָכוֹת בְּכׇל יוֹם, מוּבְטָח לוֹ שֶׁהוּא בֶּן הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״הֲלִיכוֹת עוֹלָם לוֹ״, אַל תִּקְרֵי ״הֲלִיכוֹת״ אֶלָּא הֲלָכוֹת.

**William Davidson Edition - English:**
The Gemara concludes the tractate with a general statement with regard to Torah study. **The school of Elijah taught: Anyone who studies *halakhot* every day is guaranteed that he is destined for the World-to-Come, as it is stated: “His ways [*halikhot*] are eternal”** (Habakkuk 3:6). **Do not read** the verse as ***halikhot*; rather,** read it as ***halakhot*.** The verse indicates that the study of *halakhot* brings one to eternal life in the future world.


###### Niddah 73a:16
[Niddah 73a:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Niddah/r/73a:16)

**הֲדַרַן עֲלָךְ תִּינוֹקֶת, וּסְלִיקָא לַהּ מַסֶּכֶת נִדָּה.**