Mesorat%20hashas for Zavim 1:2

הָרוֹאֶה קֶרִי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי לִסְפִירַת זוֹבוֹ, בֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, סוֹתֵר שְׁנֵי יָמִים שֶׁלְּפָנָיו. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, לֹא סָתַר אֶלָּא יוֹמוֹ. רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר, הָרוֹאֶה בַשֵּׁנִי, סוֹתֵר אֶת שֶׁלְּפָנָיו. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר, אֶחָד הָרוֹאֶה בַשֵּׁנִי וְאֶחָד הָרוֹאֶה בַשְּׁלִישִׁי, שֶׁבֵּית שַׁמַּאי אוֹמְרִים, סָתַר שְׁנֵי יָמִים שֶׁלְּפָנָיו. וּבֵית הִלֵּל אוֹמְרִים, לֹא סָתַר אֶלָּא יוֹמוֹ. וּמוֹדִים בְּרוֹאֶה בָרְבִיעִי שֶׁלֹּא סָתַר אֶלָּא יוֹמוֹ, בְּרָאָה קֶרִי. אֲבָל אִם רָאָה זוֹב, אֲפִלּוּ יוֹם שְׁבִיעִי, סָתַר אֶת שֶׁלְּפָנָיו:

One who sees a <i>keri</i> [seminal discharge] on the third day of counting after after his <i> zavut</i> {abnormal seminal discharge], Beit Shammai say, it voids the two [clean] days that preceded it [and he must start counting again], Beit Hillel say it only voids that day [and he can continue his count the next day]. Rabbi Yishmael says, If he saw it on the second day it voids the preceding day. Rabbi Akiva says, it makes no difference if he saw it on the second day or third day, [in either case] Beit Shammai say it voids the two preceding days, and Beit Hillel say it only voids that day. They agree, however, that if he saw it on the fourth day [of his counting] it only voids that day [provided that what] he saw was a seminal emission. If, however, if he saw an abnormal seminal discharge emission, even on the seventh day, it voids [all] previous days.

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