Derasha 13 on Vayikra 12:2

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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 Niddah 35b.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Niddah 35b
״דְּוֹתָהּ תִּטְמָא״ — לְרַבּוֹת אֶת בּוֹעֲלָהּ; ״דְּוֹתָהּ תִּטְמָא״ — לְרַבּוֹת הַלֵּילוֹת; ״דְּוֹתָהּ תִּטְמָא״ — לְרַבּוֹת הַיּוֹלֶדֶת בְּזוֹב שֶׁצְּרִיכָה שֶׁתֵּשֵׁב שִׁבְעָה יָמִים נְקִיִּים.

English: “Her impurity” extends the childbirth-impurity rules to her husband, to the nights, and to a woman who gives birth while a zavah, who must sit seven clean days.

Type of Learning

Analogy

What Is Learned

The term “דותה” extends the childbirth-impurity rule to her husband, to the nights, and to a woman who gives birth while a zavah, who must observe seven clean days.