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but the halakha is in accordance with the opinion of R' Eliezer.
Who is the woman characterized as a virgin in this context? It is any woman who has not seen the flow of menstrual blood in all her days, even if she was married and has experienced bleeding as a result of sex consummating her marriage. The time of a pregnant woman is from the point in her pregnancy
Who is the woman characterized as an elderly woman in this context? It is any woman for whom 3 typical menstrual cycles of 30 days passed during which she saw no menstrual blood, at a stage of her life close to her old age. R' Eliezer says: In the case of any woman for whom 3 typical menstrual cycl
And in the above cases, with regard to what did the tanna say her time is sufficient? It is with regard to the first sighting of blood, but with regard to the second sighting, her status is like that of any other woman, and she transmits impurity for a twenty-four-hour period or from her most rece
Talmud: R' Eliezer teaches in the Mishnah that there are 4 women who transmit impurity only from the moment that they saw menstrual blood, not retroactively. R' Yehoshua said: I heard this halakha from my teachers only with regard to a virgin. The Talmud notes that it is taught in a baraita that R'