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פטור. התם, פקיד ועקיר. הכא, פקיד ולא עקיר.
he is exempt. In this case, exempt means permitted ab initio. Ostensibly, sex with a virgin is comparable to creating an opening in an abscess. Why then, would sex with a virgin be forbidden on Shabbat? The Talmud rejects the proof: There, the pus in the abscess is pooled in one place and completely removed from the vessels in the flesh. In creating the opening, he creates nothing enduring. Here, however, in the case of the ruptured hymen, even according to the opinion that the blood is pooled, it is not completely removed from the blood vessels in the flesh. Through sex, the blood is removed from its place, which constitutes an aspect of a prohibited labor.
רבי אמי שרא למיבעל בתחלה בשבת. אמרי ליה רבנן: והא לא כתיבא כתובתה! אמר להו: אתפסוה מטלטלין.
The Talmud relates: Rav Ami permitted one to have sex with his virgin wife for the first time on Shabbat. The rabbis said to him: But her marriage contract is not yet written. Engaging in sex with one’s wife without a marriage contract is considered an act of promiscuity. He said to them: Have her seize a portion of her husband’s movable property equivalent to the value of her marriage contract, and that will serve as a deposit until he writes the marriage contract. He may then have sex with her.
רב זביד שרא למיבעל בתחלה בשבת. איכא דאמרי: רב זביד גופיה בעל בתחלה בשבת.
The Talmud relates: Rav Zevid permitted one to have sex with his virgin wife for the first time on Shabbat. There are those who say: Rav Zevid himself had sex with his virgin wife for the first time on Shabbat.