EXTRA 1 — Vayikra 12:4

Extra Credit · Rashi

The Complete Passuk

וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים י֖וֹם וּשְׁלֹשֶׁ֣ת יָמִ֑ים תֵּשֵׁ֕ב בִּדְמֵ֖י טָהֳרָ֑ה בְּכָל־קֹ֥דֶשׁ לֹֽא־תִגָּ֖ע וְאֶל־הַמִּקְדָּ֥שׁ לֹֽא תָבֹֽא עַד־מְלֹ֥את 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

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Rashi on Vayikra 12:4

Rashi's Commentary

Rashi
תֵּשֵׁב — אֵין תֵּשֵׁב אֶלָּא לְשׁוֹן עַכָּבָה, כְּמוֹ ״וַתֵּשְׁבוּ בְקָדֵשׁ״; בִּדְמֵי טָהֳרָה — אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁרוֹאָה, טְהוֹרָה.

English: “She shall remain” uses a verb of staying or waiting. “In the blood of purification” means that even if she sees blood during this period, she is considered pure.

What Is Learned

Rashi explains both the language of remaining through the purification period and the legal meaning of “blood of purification”: bleeding during this defined period does not by itself make her impure.