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{{short description|State of ritual impurity applicable to females arising from vaginal blood discharges}}
{{Tumah and taharah}}
In Jewish ritual law, a '''''zavah''''' (Hebrew זבה, lit. "one who[se body] flows") is a woman who has had vaginal blood discharges not during the usually anticipated [[menstrual cycle]], and thus entered a state of [[tumah and taharah|ritual impurity]].
In the realm of [[tumah and taharah]], the ''zavah'',
== Hebrew Bible ==
Torah sources for the ''zavah'' are sourced in the book of [[Leviticus]] ({{bibleverse||Leviticus|15:1-15|HE}}, {{bibleverse||Leviticus|15:25-33|HE}}).
According to [[textual criticism|textual scholars]], the regulations concerning childbirth,({{bibleverse||Leviticus|12|HE}}) which have a similar seven-day waiting period before washing, and the sin and whole offerings, were originally suffixed to those concerning menstruation, but were later moved.<ref>''Jewish Encyclopedia'', ''Leviticus
== In rabbinic literature ==
According to the [[Jerusalem Talmud]], the eleven-day period between each [monthly] menstrual cycle is ''
Although the Written Law explicitly enjoins women to count seven days of cleanness when they have seen irregular blood sightings (the irregularity occurring only from the eighth day of the start of her regular period and ending with the conclusion of the eighteenth day), the [[Chazal|Sages of Israel]] have required all women who have experienced even their regular and natural purgation to count seven days of cleanness before they can be purified.<ref>[[Babylonian Talmud]] (''[[Berakhot (tractate)|Berakhot]]'' 31<sup>a</sup>, [[Rashi]] s.v. {{Script/Hebrew|יושבת עליה ז' נקיים}})</ref>
=== ''Zavah kǝtanah'' ===▼
The woman, within an eleven-day window of the completion of her base seven-day ''[[niddah]]'' period (and her typical immersion in the mikveh) notices an abnormal blood discharge. This one time discharge deems her a ''zavah ktanah'' (minor zavah) and brings the requirement for her to verify that the next day will show no discharge. Provided the next day is clean, her immersion in the mikveh prior to sunset makes her ''tahor'' (pure) after sunset.▼
▲The woman, within an eleven-day window of the completion of her base seven-day ''[[niddah]]'' period (and her typical immersion in the mikveh) notices an abnormal blood discharge. This one time discharge deems her a ''zavah
=== ''Zavah gedolah'' ===
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=== Other laws ===
A female must be at least ten days old to be eligible for ''zavah gedolah'' status.<ref>[[Sifra]] to Leviticus 15:19</ref> this is possible only in a case wher the newborn experienced a uterine discharge of blood on the day of her birth, and again on the 8th 9th and 10th day consecutively<ref>[[Rashi]] on ''[[Niddah (Talmud)|niddah]],'' 32b.</ref>
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The ''zavah'' is commonly known as one of four types of ''tumah'' that are required to bring a [[korban|sacrifice]] post the purification process.<ref>[[Rashi]] on [[Makkoth]] 8b</ref> The ''korban'' consists of both a [[sin offering]] and a ''[[Korban Olah|whole offering]]'', each involving a [[dove]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2011}}
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