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Sefer Chasidim Siman 1166

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הנחש היה מהלך על שתים וקצת דמות אדם עליו תדע שאותן שיודעין להפך אדם לזאב או לחתול ולחמור גלגל העין לא יתהפך וכן הנחש שנשתנה לא נשתנו העינים לכך המפלת כמין נחש אמו טמאה לידה שגלגל עיניו דומין לשל אדם:

Medieval Jewish mysticism, translated by Sholom Alchanan Singer. Northbrook, Ill. Whitehall Co., 1971

The Serpent was walking on two and he had semblance slightly similar to that of a man. You should know that those who are able to turn a man into a wolf, a cat or a donkey - his eyeball does not change and so the serpent who underwent a change - his eyes did not change. Therefore one who miscarried and the fetus had a form of a snake - the mother is ritually impure as one who gave birth because his eyeballs are similar to those of a man.

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