). The Gemara explores the logic for this, suggesting it might be because a minor might turn out to be an (a woman naturally incapable of bearing children). Definition of a Rabbi Yehuda argues that an falls under the biblical category of
The "best" way to understand these pages is as a study in . Just as certain laws apply only to Priests ( Kohanim ) and not to other Jews, certain ritual purity laws apply only to the Jewish community without diminishing the fundamental human dignity of those outside it. Keritot 6.b - Steinsaltz Center keritot 6b page 78 jebhammoth 61 best
