Derasha 11 on Vayikra 12:2

TT #11 · 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 Pesachim 90b.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Pesachim 90b
כְּמֵי נִדַּת דְּוֹתָהּ — מַקִּישׁ יוֹלֶדֶת לְנִדָּה, מַה נִּדָּה טוֹבֶלֶת בַּלַּיְלָה אַף יוֹלֶדֶת טוֹבֶלֶת בַּלַּיְלָה.

English: “As in the days of the menstruation of her sickness” compares a woman after childbirth to a menstruant: just as a menstruant immerses at night, so a woman after childbirth immerses at night.

Type of Learning

Analogy

What Is Learned

The verse’s comparison to niddah supplies the timing of the woman’s immersion at the close of the required period.