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Derasha 10 on Vayikra 12:2

TT #10 · 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 Sifra (Toras Kohanim).

Daat — Sifra (Toras Kohanim) on Vayikra 12

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sifra
יָכוֹל שִׁבְעַת יָמִים בֵּין סְמוּכִים בֵּין מְפֻזָּרִים, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר כִּימֵי נִדַּת דְּוֹתָהּ תִּטְמָא — מַה יְמֵי נִדָּתָהּ סְמוּכִים אַף יְמֵי לֵידָתָהּ סְמוּכִים.

English: One might have thought that the seven days could be consecutive or scattered. Scripture says, “as in the days of the menstruation of her sickness she shall be impure”: just as her menstrual days are consecutive, so too her childbirth days are consecutive.

Type of Learning

Analogy

What Is Learned

The comparison to menstrual impurity establishes that the seven childbirth-impurity days must be consecutive.

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