Anatomy of Reproductive Organs
Hebrew
The sages conceptualized a woman’s [sexual organs] through an analogy: a chamber, an entryway, and an upper chamber. The blood of the chamber is ritually impure. If [blood is] found in the corridor, [due to] its uncertainty [of origin, it] is ritually impure, because it is presumed to have come from the source.
Translated by Markham J. Geller and Lennart Lehmhaus.
Credits
m. Niddah 2:5, trans. Markham J. Geller and Lennart Lehmhaus, publication forthcoming. Copyright Markham J. Geller and Lennart Lehmhaus. Used with permission of the translators.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 2: Emerging Judaism.
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