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Is the blood at first relations (dam besulim) stored in packets or connected to the body? The Gemara (גמרא)'s question depends on whether the issur of chaburah is netilas neshamah or tzavei'a (dyeing). Tosfos analyzes Rashi (רש"י)'s position on what constitutes the forbidden labor of chaburah.
The shiur analyzes a fundamental Talmudic debate about the nature of dam besulim (blood from first relations) and the underlying prohibition of chaburah (wounding). The Gemara (גמרא) asks whether dam besulim is mefukad pakod (stored in separate packets) or chaburah mechaber (connected to the body). This question has practical implications for the issur of chaburah - if it's mefukad pakod, there would be no violation of chaburah when removing it, but if it's chaburah mechaber, removing it would constitute making a wound. Tosfos extensively critiques Rashi (רש"י)'s position on the nature of the chaburah prohibition. In Masechta Shabbos (שבת), Rashi explains that chaburah violations involving sheratzim occur due to tzavei'a (dyeing the skin), but Tosfos argues this cannot be correct. He presents several difficulties: First, the Gemara in Eilu Treifos indicates that sheratzim without skin wouldn't be liable for tzavei'a when blood emerges, contradicting Rashi's approach. Second, by dam besulim there's no applicable tzavei'a. Third, by milah there's similarly no dyeing involved.
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