Audio by Ushy Fried

197:10 Even if blood had come out of his body but had already stopped, and they took off his clothes, and he (stayed) alive for some days, and afterwards died, they cleanse him and make him shrouds, and even though he is dirty with the blood that came out of him, even after cleansing him well, because we aren't concerned about blood that left him while he was alive, rather for blood that left him at the time of his death, we fear that this was living blood1 or there was mixed in with it living blood.

1) lit; the blood of the soul.

אפילו יצא ממנו דם אלא שכבר פסק ופשטו את בגדיו וחי אחר זה איזה ימים ואחר כך מת מטהרין אותו ועושין לו תכריכין ואף על פי שהוא מלוכלך מדם שיצא ממנו אפילו הכי מטהרין אותו כי אין לחוש לדם שיצא ממנו בחייו אלא לדם שיצא ממנו בשעת מיתה חיישינן שמא הוא דם הנפש או שמא נתערב בו דם הנפש
197:11 A woman who died during childbirth is considered as one who was killed, that if we know that much blood went out from her, she isn't cleansed, however, if the blood already stopped from coming out and afterwards she died, so we aren't worried about ''living blood'', we treat her like the rest of the dead. In many communities they are accustomed to cleansing every parturient1,2 and there are also many other customs concerning the parturient, and every place to its own customs.

1) A woman in labor, or giving birth. 2) Who died during childbirth.

יולדת שמתה מחמת לידה דינה כהרוג שאם ידוע שיצאו ממנה דמים מרובים אין מטהרין אותה אבל אם כבר כלו הדמים לצאת ואחר כך מתה שאין לספק בדם הנפש עושין לה כמו לשאר מתים בהרבה קהלות נוהגין לטהר כל יולדת ועוד יש איזה מנהגים ביולדת והיכא דנהוג נהוג
197:12 One who was killed by an idolator, even if he didn't bleed at all, as for example, if he was strangled, we bury him as he was found,1 in order to arouse anger.2

1) In the clothes he was wearing at the time of his death. 2) From those attending the funeral.

הנהרג על ידי עובד כוכבים אפילו לא יצא ממנו דם כלל כגון שנחנק קוברין אותו כמו שנמצא כדי להעלות חמה

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