[Avodah] Rashi/Rambam on female reproductive anatomy

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From: Yoav Elan 


>>(a) RASHI and TOSFOS explain that the Aliyah is located on the  roof of the 
Prozdor (that is, it is only to one side of the  cervical canal). 
Occasionally, blood comes into the Prozdor from the  Aliyah,  but its blood is not like 
the blood of Nidah. ....
(b) The RAMBAM (Perush ha'Mishnayos, and Hilchos Isurei Bi'ah  5:3) explains 
that the Aliyah refers to the uterine (fallopian) tubes  that are attached to 
the top of the uterus from either side, which  connect  the ovaries to the 
uterus. This explanation matches the  actual  anatomical structure much more 
accurately, as the Chasam Sofer  points out. The Rambam writes further that it is 
not common for blood  to  flow into the uterus from the uterine tubes, but it  
occasionally happens due to a wound or illness. Such blood is not Dam  
Nidah....<<




>>>>>
Doesn't have to be a  wound or illness, it seems to me.  I don't  know 
halacha, gemara or anatomy, but I do know that some women experience some  spotting 
at the time of ovulation (which often corresponds with the time of  tevilah, 
BTW, and may create shailos).  This is possibly relevant  here.

--Toby  Katz
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