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[–]ShoahKahn 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

SINCE A NINE-YEAR-OLD BOY IS FIT TO ENGAGE IN INTERCOURSE, HE ALSO IMPARTS RITUAL IMPURITY, AS ONE WHO EXPERIENCED 'ZIVA'. THEREFORE, WITH REGARD TO A FEMALE, GENTILE CHILD WHO IS THREE YEARS AND ONE DAY OLD, SINCE SHE IS FIT TO ENGAGE IN INTERCOURSE AT THAT AGE, SHE ALSO IMPARTS IMPURITY AS ONE WHO EXPERIENCED 'ZIVA'.

(Babylonian Talmud, Tactate: Avodah Zarah 37a)