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Derasha 29 on Vayikra 12:4

TT #29 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 4

The Complete Passuk

וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים יוֹם֙ וּשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֔ים תֵּשֵׁ֖ב בִּדְמֵ֣י טָהֳרָ֑ה בְּכָל־קֹ֣דֶשׁ לֹֽא־תִגָּ֗ע וְאֶל־הַמִּקְדָּשׁ֙ לֹ֣א תָבֹ֔א עַד־מְלֹ֖את יְמֵ֥י טָהֳרָֽהּ׃

English: She shall remain thirty-three days in the blood of her purification; she shall touch no consecrated thing and shall not enter the sanctuary until her days of purification are completed.

Chabad.org — Chumash, English translation + Rashi for Vayikra 12:4

Supplemental sources (three-page side ring): EXTRA 1 — Rashi, EXTRA 2 — Kerisos, and EXTRA 3 — Yevamos.

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Kerisos 10a.

E-Daf — Kerisos 10a · Shas.org — Kerisos 10a · Sefaria — Kerisos 10a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Kerisos 10a
וּשְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם. יָכוֹל שְׁלֹשִׁים בֵּין רְצוּפִים בֵּין מְפֻזָּרִים? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״יוֹם״ — מַה יוֹם כֻּלּוֹ רָצוּף, אַף שְׁלֹשִׁים כֻּלָּם רְצוּפִים.

English: “And thirty days” — one might think the thirty days may be consecutive or scattered. Scripture says “day”: just as a day is wholly consecutive, so the thirty days must all be consecutive.

Type of Learning

Textual analogy

What Is Learned

The singular “day” supports a continuous thirty-day count: the required purification period is not accumulated from separate, scattered days.

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