Midrasch zu Wajikra 15:16
וְאִ֕ישׁ כִּֽי־תֵצֵ֥א מִמֶּ֖נּוּ שִׁכְבַת־זָ֑רַע וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֛יִם אֶת־כָּל־בְּשָׂר֖וֹ וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃
Wenn von jemandem der Samen abgeht, bade er im Wasser seinen ganzen Leib und er ist unrein bis zum Abend.
Ein Yaakov (Glick Edition)
(Fol. 14a) Our Rabbis taught that: "The sea which Solomon made was as large as one hundred and fifty Mikvaoth." Now, let us see what the size of a Mikva is? Forty Seali, as we are taught. Then shall he bathe his whole body in water (Lev. 15, 16), i.e., In water of a Mikva; His whole body (Ib.), i.e., so much water shall be used that it shall cover the whole body. How much does that require? A square cubic by three cubics in height. And the Rabbis have estimated the quantity of the water in a Mikva to be forty Seah.
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1) (Vayikra 15:16) ("And a man, if there issue from him semen, then he shall bathe all of his flesh with water, and he shall be unclean until the evening.") "And a man": excluding a minor. I might think to exclude, then, a minor of nine years and one day, (who may have viable semen); it is, therefore, written "and a man" (to include the foregoing).
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2) "if there issue from him semen": (He does not become unclean) until his semen comes outside his flesh. From here they ruled: One who was eating terumah and felt the onset of a zav discharge holds his organ (to prevent it from issuing forth) and swallows the terumah.
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