Nidah Chart #2

KEY: 
DS   = Daya Sha'atah
MELE = Me'es Le'es
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                       BESULAH: WHEN IS HER TUMAH RETROACTIVE                 

                      AND WHEN IS IT NOT?
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                      (A)     (B)      (C)     (D)     (E)      (F)       
                      SAW     SAW      SAW     SAW     SAW      SAW       
                     BLOOD   BLOOD    BLOOD   BLOOD   BLOOD    BLOOD      
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1) MISHNAH 7b,        DS..30.MELE..90..DS                                 
   END OF BERAISA 9b           (2)     (3)                            
   (her time                                                          
    already came)                                                         
                                                                          
2) REISHA OF          DS..30..DS..30..MELE..90..DS..90..DS..90..MELE     
   BERAISA 9b                           (1)     (3)               (1)     
   (saw before                                                           
    her time)                                                             
                                                                          
3) FIRST QUESTION,    DS..30..DS..30..MELE..90..DS..30..??                
   GEMARA 10a                           (1)     (3)     (4)               
   (saw before                                                            
    her time)                                                            
                                                                          
4) SECOND QUESTION,   DS..30..DS..30..MELE..90..DS..90..DS..30..??        
   GEMARA 10a                           (1)     (3)             (5)       
   (saw before                                                           
    her time)                                                             

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FOOTNOTES:
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(1) This is according to Rebbi, because the blood which caused the Chazakah (B) is not Metamei MELE. Raban Shimon ben Gamliel holds that the a Chazakah is created by (C). He will be Metamei MELE only after the fourth time the woman sees blood, (D).

(2) This is according to Rebbi, because the blood which caused the Chazakah (B) *is* Metamei MELE. Raban Shimon ben Gamliel holds that the Chazakah is created by (C). He will be Metamei MELE only the after third time the woman sees blood, (C).

(3) According to Rebbi Eliezer, who maintains that after 90 days pass without seeing blood, any woman is considered a Besulas Damim.

(4) The Gemara's question is whether, after the first 90-day break (C), a woman who has not yet reached the *age* of seeing blood but *has seen* blood anyhow returns to her original status of "Lo Higi'a Zemanah," or not. If she returns to her original status, she will only become Tamei MELE after the third time she sees blood (F) according to Rebbi, and after the fourth time she sees blood (G) according to Raban Shimon ben Gamliel. If she does not return to that status but rather is considered "Higi'a Zemanah," she will be Metamei MELE after the *second* time she sees blood (E). (See Insights to Daf 10a.)
The Gemara's conclusion: the first choice is correct, she is *not* Metamei MELE after a 30-day break (D).

(5) The Gemara's question is whether, after the *second* 90-day break (D), a woman who has not yet reached the *age* of seeing blood but *has seen* blood anyhow returns to her original status of "Lo Higi'a Zemanah" or not. If she returns to her original status, she will only be Metamei MELE if she sees after 90 days for a third time (2:F), making 90 days her new "seeing time." If she does not return to the status of "Lo Higi'a Zemanah," she will be Metamei MELE even if she sees her third time after only 30 days (4:F).
The Gemara's conclusion: the second choice is correct, she is Metamei MELE even after a 30-day break (E).