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Derasha 1 on Vayikra 12:2

TT #1 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 2

The Complete Passuk

דַּבֵּ֞ר אֶל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אִשָּׁה֙ כִּ֣י תַזְרִ֔יעַ וְיָלְדָ֖ה זָכָ֑ר וְטָֽמְאָה֙ שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֔ים כִּימֵ֛י נִדַּ֥ת דְּוֺתָ֖הּ תִּטְמָֽא׃

English: Speak to the Israelite people thus: When a woman at childbirth bears a male, she shall be impure seven days; she shall be impure as at the time of her condition of menstrual separation.

Chabad.org — Chumash, English translation + Rashi for Vayikra 12:2

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Kerisos 7b.

E-Daf — Kerisos 7b · Shas.org

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Kerisos 7b
דְּתָנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל״ — אֵין לִי אֶלָּא בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל; גִּיּוֹרֶת וְשִׁפְחָה מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״אִשָּׁה״.

English:The Sages taught: “The children of Israel”—this tells me only about Israelites. From where do we include a female convert and a maidservant? The verse teaches this through the word “woman.”

Type of Learning

Textual inclusion

What Is Learned

The opening “A woman” extends the childbirth-impurity law beyond a narrow reading limited to native-born Israelites.

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