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Derasha 9 on Vayikra 12:2

TT #9 · 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 Niddah 31b.

E-Daf — Niddah 31b · Shas.org

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Niddah 31b
וְטָמְאָה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים — שֶׁתִּסְפּוֹר שִׁבְעָה לַוָּלָד הָאַחֲרוֹן.

English: “She shall be impure seven days” means that she counts seven days for the last child.

Type of Learning

Sequential counting

What Is Learned

Where childbirths are close together, the seven-day childbirth-impurity period is reckoned from the latest birth.

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