What are the implications of "ve'ha'Davah be'Nidasah"?
Nidah, 54b: With reference to her blood, 1 it implies that the blood of a Nidah is Tamei ? like the Nidah herself.
Why does the Torah juxtapose Nidah (ve'ha'Davah) to Zav?
Rashi (in Shabbos, 83b): To teach us that a Nidah is Metamei be'Masa someone who carries her - like a Zav,
Seforno: Because both the Zav and the Zavah 1 came about as a result of sin.
Presumably, the Seforno is referring to the sin of Chavah (Refer to 15:30:1:2**).
What are the implications of "ve'ha'Zov es Zovo"?
Nidah, 58b: It implies that the Zivus of a Zav is Metamei be'Masa, as well as be'Maga ? the the Zav himself. 1
See Torah Temimah, note 141.
Why does the Torah write "la'Zachar ve'la'Nekeivah"?
Seforno: It teaches us to ponder over the difference between a man, who becomes Tamei through Zera, and a woman who becomes Tamei though blood.
Nazir, 29a: To compare a woman to a man, in that a. a woman (a Yoledes), like a man, 1 brings a Korban on a Safek as well as on a Vaday, and that b. like a man, she brings the same Korban - a Chatas ha'Of ? on the Safek as she brings on the Vaday.
Nazir, 65b: To teach us that the third sighting of a Zav 2 renders him a full-fledged Zav, like that of a Zavah. 3
Bava Kama, 24a: To teach us that a Zav also becomes a Zav if he sees on three consecutive days 4 ? like a Zavah.
Nidah, 34b: To teach us that the 'fountains' of a Zav ? his his spit, his phlegm and his mucus, and those of a Metzora'as. 5
Who eats Safek Cheilev ? See Torah Temimah, note 143.
As opposed to the second one. See Toah Temimah, note 144.
See Toah Temimah, note 144.
And not necessarily all on the same day. See Torah Temimah, note 145.
The blood that she sees during her days of Taharah (after giving birth) ? See Torah Temimah, note 146.
What are the connotations of "u'le'Ish asher Yishkav im Teme'ah"?
Seforno: It is teaching us to ponder over the difference between a man who lies with a Nidah ? who becomes like the Nidah herself, and a woman who lies with a Zav, who does not adopt the stringencies of the Zav. 1
Sifra: It comes to render a man who lies with a Shomeres Yom Tamei, like a man who lies with a Nidah.
Seforno: Which in turn, is because the damage that the man suffers from being intimate with a Nidah is greater than the damage that a woman suffers from being intimate with a Zav.
What are the last two Pesukim coming to teach us?
Targum Yonasan: That one should take care not to transgress the Diniim concering a Ba?al-Keri, a Zav, a Nidah and a Zavah, and if one did, where necessary, one should bring the prescribed Korban in order to attain a Kaparah.
Why does the Torah juxtapose ?Acharei Mos Sh?nei B?nei Aharon to the current Parshah (?Vehizartem es B?nei Yisrael ? ?)?
R. Bachye: It is a warning to Yisrael that someone who does not separate from his wife close to her Veses, 1 even if he has sons like the sons of Aharon, they will die ? just as Nadav and Avihu died in the lifetime of their father Aharon.
What do we learn from "ve'ha'Davah be'Nidasah"?
Moshav Zekenim (citing Shabbos 64b): A Nidah is distanced; she may not paint her eyes or apply rouge. R. Akiva says, if so she will become repulsive to her husband 1 ! Rather, these are permitted and "ve'ha'Davah b'Nidasah" teaches us that she is a Nidah until she Tovels.
Moshav Zekenim, citing Avos d'R. Nasan (2): Her husband may not sleep with her in the same bed, even clothed.
Moshav Zekenim: If the Torah forbids, we must follow it! Rather, the Pasuk is a mere Asmachta; R. Akiva argues with the Chachamim who forbid mi'd'Rabanan, and the Halachah is like him.
