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Talmud: The Mishnah teaches that according to Beit Shammai it is permitted to have sex by the light of a lamp. In this regard, A baraita states: Even though the rabbis said with regard to one who has sex by the light of a lamp, that this is disgraceful, Beit Shammai say: A woman is required to exa
It is taught in a baraita that Beit Shammai said to Beit Hillel: According to your statement that a woman may have sex several times in one night without an examination between each act of sex, let us be concerned lest she will see, i.e., emit, a drop of blood the size of a mustard seed during the
Beit Hillel said to them in response: Even according to your statement, let us be concerned that while the saliva was still in the mouth, i.e., while the blood was in her vagina, perhaps it was squashed and disappeared. Even if she examines herself after each act of sex, as mandated by Beit Shamma
Beit Shammai said to Beit Hillel: One cannot compare the two situations, as a squashed drop of blood after the woman has had sex once is not similar to a squashed drop of blood after the woman has had sex twice, and therefore our concern is more reasonable.
It is taught in a baraita that R' Yehoshua said: I see as correct the statement of Beit Shammai in this case. His students said to him: Our teacher, how you have weighed [he’erakhta] us down with this stringent ruling. R' Yehoshua said to them: It is preferable that I weigh you down in this world,