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  • An investigation of the term ishah hashuvah shows that in three of the discussions the term is referred to by specific amoraim: Abaye, Rava and R. Jeremiah, their contemporary.

    Ishah Hashuvah (Woman of Distinction). 2009

  • Hauptman demonstrates that the early amoraim limit internal examinations but does not note that the examinations themselves are not mentioned in the Bible and therefore seem to be rabbinic innovations.

    Female Purity (Niddah) Annotated Bibliography. leBeit Yoreh 2009

  • The remaining statements on this development are from the amoraim, the sages who created the Palestinian and Babylonian Talmudim.

    Female Purity (Niddah). leBeit Yoreh 2009

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