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Derasha 8 on Vayikra 12:2

TT #8 · 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
טְמֵאָה — הִיא טְמֵאָה וְאֵין הַוָּלָד טָמֵא.

English: “She is impure” — she is impure, but the child is not impure.

Type of Learning

Textual distinction

What Is Learned

The verse assigns the impurity to the mother rather than transferring it to the newborn.

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