Zavim 2

הַכֹּל מִטַּמְּאִין בְּזִיבָה, אַף הַגֵּרִים, אַף הָעֲבָדִים, בֵּין מְשֻׁחְרָרִין בֵּין שֶׁאֵינָן מְשֻׁחְרָרִין, חֵרֵשׁ, שׁוֹטֶה, וְקָטָן, סְרִיס אָדָם, סְרִיס חַמָּה. טֻמְטוּם וְאַנְדְּרוֹגִינוֹס, נוֹתְנִין עֲלֵיהֶן חֻמְרֵי הָאִישׁ וְחֻמְרֵי הָאִשָּׁה, מִטַּמְּאִין בְּדָם כָּאִשָּׁה וּבְלֹבֶן כָּאִישׁ, וְטֻמְאָתָן בְּסָפֵק:

All [persons] are made unclean through a <i>zivah</i> discharge, even converts, even slaves, whether they are emancipated or not emancipated, a deaf mute, a mentally deficient person, a child, a eunuch [whether rendered impotent] by man or a eunuch from the time of seeing the sun [from birth]. [With regard to] a <i>tumtum</i> [person of uncertain gender], or an <i>androginus</i> [One possessing both male and female sex organs], we impose upon them the stringencies of the man and the stringencies of a woman; they render unclean through [menstruation] blood like a woman and through egglike substance [semen] like a man, but their uncleanliness remains in doubt.

בְּשִׁבְעָה דְרָכִים בּוֹדְקִין אֶת הַזָּב עַד שֶׁלֹּא נִזְקַק לְזִיבָה. בְּמַאֲכָל, בְּמִשְׁתֶּה, וּבְמַשָּׂא, בִּקְפִיצָה, בְּחֹלִי, וּבְמַרְאֶה וּבְהִרְהוּר. הִרְהֵר עַד שֶׁלֹּא רָאָה אוֹ שֶׁרָאָה עַד שֶׁלֹּא הִרְהֵר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אֲפִלּוּ רָאָה בְהֵמָה, חַיָּה וָעוֹף מִתְעַסְּקִין זֶה עִם זֶה, אֲפִלּוּ רָאָה בִגְדֵי צֶבַע הָאִשָּׁה. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר, אֲפִלּוּ אָכַל כָּל מַאֲכָל, בֵּין רַע בֵּין יָפֶה, וְשָׁתָה כָל מַשְׁקֶה. אָמְרוּ לוֹ, אֵין כָּאן זָבִין מֵעָתָּה. אָמַר לָהֶם, אֵין אַחֲרָיוּת זָבִים עֲלֵיכֶם. מִשֶּׁנִּזְקַק לְזִיבָה, אֵין בּוֹדְקִין אוֹתוֹ. אָנְסוֹ וּסְפֵקוֹ וְשִׁכְבַת זַרְעוֹ טְמֵאִים, שֶׁרַגְלַיִם לַדָּבָר. רָאָה רְאִיָּה רִאשׁוֹנָה, בּוֹדְקִין אוֹתוֹ. בַּשְּׁנִיָּה, בּוֹדְקִין אוֹתוֹ. בַּשְּׁלִישִׁית, אֵין בּוֹדְקִין אוֹתוֹ. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר, אַף בַּשְּׁלִישִׁית בּוֹדְקִין אוֹתוֹ, מִפְּנֵי הַקָּרְבָּן:

There are seven ways a <i>zav</i> is examined [for the cause of his discharge], providing he has not entered the bounds of <i>zivah</i> [it is not established that he is a <i>zav</i>. He is examined if the discarge is not the result of an external cause and thus regular semen]; with regard to food [that he has eaten], drink, [that he has drunk], a load [he may have carried], a jump [he may have made], sickness [he may have suffered] , [an improper] sight [he may have seen] or [impure] thoughts [he may have had], whether he had impure thoughts before seeing [a woman] or he saw [ woman] before he had the impure thoughts [the emission caused by all of the above is considered a normal emission and he does not become a <i>zav</i>]. Rabbi Yehuda says [adds], Even if he saw cattle, wild animals or birds copulating with each other, [and] even if he saw the colored garments of a woman [the emission does not render him a <i>zav</i>]. Rabbi Akiva says, even if he ate any kind of food, whether bad or good or he drank any kind of drink [the emission does not render him a <i>zav</i>]. They [the sages] said to him, [according to you] there will never be <i>zavim</i>. He [Rabbi Akiva] responded to them, The responsibility of [the existence of] <i>zavim</i> is not upon you. [However] once he has entered the bounds of <i>zivah</i> [once it is established that he is a <i>zav</i>], we no longer examine him. [Discharges resulting from] an accident or a doubtful [discharge] and seminal emissions are [considered] unclean because the matter has feet [there are grounds for the assumption that it is <i>zavut</i> emission]. [When] he sees the first discharge he is examined [for the seven things]. [When he sees] the second discharge he is examined [for the seven things]. [When he sees] the third discharge, we no longer examine him. Rabbi Eliezer says, Even at the third [incident] we examine him because [of the need to know if he is obligated to bring] a sacrifice.

הָרוֹאֶה קֶרִי, אֵינוֹ מִטַּמֵּא בְזִיבָה מֵעֵת לְעֵת. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, יוֹמוֹ. נָכְרִי שֶׁרָאָה קֶרִי וְנִתְגַּיֵּר, מִיָּד הוּא מִטַּמֵּא בְזִיבָה. הָרוֹאָה דָם וְהַמַּקְשָׁה, מֵעֵת לְעֵת. וְהַמַּכֶּה אֶת עַבְדּוֹ יוֹם יוֹמַיִם, מֵעֵת לְעֵת. כֶּלֶב שֶׁאָכַל בְּשַׂר הַמֵּת, שְׁלשָׁה יָמִים מֵעֵת לְעֵת, הֲרֵי הוּא כִבְרִיָּתוֹ:

If one sees a seminal emission [followed by a second emission], he does not convey uncleanliness by way of <i>zivah</i> for a twenty four hour period [starting from the time of the sighting]. Rabbi Yose says, [only] that day. A non-Jew who saw a seminal emission and converted, he is immediately unclean by way of <i>zivah</i>. If one [a woman] saw [menstrual] blood or had difficulty [in labor], [the time prescribed for retroactively making things that she touched unclean] is a twenty four hour period. One who strikes his slave, the 'day or two' [that the Torah (Exodus 21:21) speaks of] is a twenty four hour period. If a dog ate the flesh of a [human] corpse, [the flesh remains] in its natural state for three days [twenty four hour periods].

הַזָּב מְטַמֵּא אֶת הַמִּשְׁכָּב בַּחֲמִשָּׁה דְרָכִים, לְטַמֵּא אָדָם לְטַמֵּא בְגָדִים. עוֹמֵד, יוֹשֵׁב, שׁוֹכֵב, נִתְלֶה וְנִשְׁעָן. וְהַמִּשְׁכָּב מְטַמֵּא אֶת הָאָדָם בְּשִׁבְעָה דְרָכִים לְטַמֵּא בְגָדִים. עוֹמֵד, יוֹשֵׁב, שׁוֹכֵב, נִתְלֶה, וְנִשְׁעָן, בְּמַגָּע וּבְמַשָּׂא:

A <i>zav</i> makes things which he lies upon unclean in five ways rendering people unclean and clothing unclean. [They are] by standing, sitting, lying, balancing [a hanging object] and by leaning. [The item he] lies upon makes a person unclean seven ways rendering clothing unclean. [They are] by standing, sitting, lying, balancing [a hanging object], leaning, touching and carrying.