We have learnt that a hundred and twenty-five species of uncleanness came down into the world and are connected with the side of the mighty Serpent, and twenty-seven chiefs of them attach themselves to females and cling to them. Alas, then, for a man who touches such a woman at that time, for through this sin he awakens the supernal Serpent and casts filth into a holy place, and punishments are let loose on the world and all is defiled.
We have learnt that the Serpent injected twenty-four kinds of uncleanness into the female when he was joined to her, so that twenty-four punishments are roused above and twenty-four below. The hair and the nails grow, and therefore when a woman comes to purify herself she must cut off the hair which grew in the days of her uncleanness and cut her nails with all the filth that clings to them.
וְתָאנָא, (תשא קצ"ב) מְאָה וְעֶשְׂרִין וַחֲמֵשׁ זִינֵי מְסַאֲבוּתָא נַחְתּוּ לְעָלְמָא, דְּמִתְאַחֲדָן מִסִּטְרָא דְּחִוְיָא תַּקִּיפָא, וְשִׁבְעָה וְעֶשְׂרִין רַבְרְבִין מִנַּיְיהוּ, מִתְאַחֲדָן בְּנוּקְבֵי, וְאִתְדַּבְּקָן בְּהוּ. וַוי לְמַאן דְּיִקְרַב בַּהֲדָהּ בְּהַהוּא זִמְנָא, דְּמַאן דְּיִקְרַב בַּהֲדָהּ, אַחְזֵי פְּגִימוּתָא לְעֵילָּא, דְּהָא בְּחוֹבָא דָּא, אִתְּעַר חִוְיָא תַּקִּיפָא לְעֵילָּא, וְאַשְׁדֵּי זוּהֲמָא בַּאֲתַר דְּלָא אִצְטְרִיךְ, וְאִתְחַבָּר בְּנוּקְבָּא, וְאִתְרַבֵּי שַׂעֲרֵיהּ לִדְכוּרָא, בְּנוּקְבָּא אִסְתְּאָבַת, וְשַׂעְרָהָא רַבָּא, וְטוּפְרָהָא סַגִיאוּ, וּכְדֵין דִּינִין שַׁרְיָין לְאִתְּעָרָא בְּעָלְמָא, וְיִסְתַּאֲבוּן כֹּלָּא. הֲדָא הוּא דִכְתִיב, (במדבר י״ט:כ׳) כִּי אֶת מִקְדַּשׁ יְיָ' טִמֵּא, מִקְדַּשׁ יְיָ' אִסְתְּאַב, בְּחוֹבַיְיהוּ דִּבְנֵי נָשָׁא.
We have learnt that a hundred and twenty-five species of uncleanness came down into the world and are connected with the side of the mighty Serpent, and twenty-seven chiefs of them attach themselves to females and cling to them. Alas, then, for a man who touches such a woman at that time, for through this sin he awakens the supernal Serpent and casts filth into a holy place, and punishments are let loose on the world and all is defiled.
תָּאנָא, מַאי דִּכְתִּיב, (בראשית ג׳:ט״ו) וְאֵיבָה אָשִׁית בֵּינְךָ וּבֵין הָאִשָּׁה, אַרְבָּעָה וְעֶשְׂרִים זִינֵי מְסַאֲבוּתָא אַטִּיל חִוְיָא בְּנוּקְבָּא, כַּד אִתְחַבָּר עִמָּהּ, כְּחוּשְׁבָּן וְאֵיבָה, וְעֶשְׂרִין וְד' זִינִין (ס"א דינין) מִתְעָרִין לְעֵילָּא, וְעֶשְׂרִין וְאַרְבַּע לְתַתָּא. וְשַׂעֲרָא רַבָּא, וְטוּפְרִין סְגִיאוּ, וּכְדֵין דִּינִין מִתְעָרִין בְּכֹלָּא. וְתָאנָא כַּד בָּעַת אִתְּתָא לְאִתְדַכְּאָה, בַּעְיָא לְסַפְּרָא הַהוּא שַׂעֲרָא דְּרַבֵּי בְּיוֹמָא דְּאִיהִי מִסְאֲבָא, וּלְסַפְּרָא טוּפְרָהָא, וְכָל הַהוּא זוּהֲמָא דִּי בְּהוֹן.
We have learnt that the Serpent injected twenty-four kinds of uncleanness into the female when he was joined to her, so that twenty-four punishments are roused above and twenty-four below. The hair and the nails grow, and therefore when a woman comes to purify herself she must cut off the hair which grew in the days of her uncleanness and cut her nails with all the filth that clings to them.