Shabbat 86A

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as a square board. All of the halakhot of planting various species were stated with regard to a square-shaped garden bed. By inference: When it is like a square board, it is permitted; and when that is not the case, it is prohibited. Planting different species in horizontal and vertical rows with

Mishnah: The Mishnah continues to cite a series of unrelated halakhot based upon biblical allusions. From where is it derived that a woman who discharges semen even on the 3rd day after sex is ritually impure, just like one who touches semen (see Leviticus 15:17)? Because the semen remains fit for

Talmud: The Talmud comments on the halakhot cited in the Mishnah: The first clause in the Mishnah with regard to discharged semen is not in accordance with the opinion of R' Elazar ben Azarya. The latter clause in the Mishnah with regard to circumcision is in accordance with the opinion of R' Elaza

The Talmud elaborates on the matter of a woman who discharges semen, citing that which A baraita states: A woman who discharges semen at any point on the 3rd day is ritually pure; this is the statement of R' Elazar ben Azarya. R' Yishmael says: Even on the 3rd day she is ritually impure. In additi

The Rabbis said this before Rav Pappa, and some say that Rav Pappa said this to Rava: Granted, R' Elazar ben Azarya holds in accordance with the opinion of the Rabbis, who say with regard to the revelation at Sinai that Moses instituted separation between husbands and wives on the fifth day of the w