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Derasha 38 on Vayikra 12:5

TT #38 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 5

The Complete Passuk

וְאִם־נְקֵבָ֣ה תֵלֵ֔ד וְטָֽמְאָ֥ה שְׁבֻעַ֖יִם כְּנִדָּתָ֑הּ וְשִׁשִּׁ֥ים יוֹם֙ וְשֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֔ים תֵּשֵׁ֖ב עַל־דְּמֵ֥י טׇהֳרָֽהֿ׃

English: If she bears a female, she shall be impure two weeks as during her menstruation, and she shall remain in a state of blood purification for sixty-six days.

Chabad.org — Chumash, English translation + Rashi for Vayikra 12:5

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Zevachim 38a.

E-Daf — Zevachim 38a · Shas.org — Zevachim 38a · Vayedaber — vowelized Zevachim 38a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Zevachim 38a
אֶלָּא מֵעַתָּה: ״וְטָמְאָה שְׁבֻעַיִם״ — ״שִׁבְעִים״; אַהֲנֵי קְרָא וְאַהֲנֵי מָסוֹרֶת — אַרְבָּעִים וּתְרֵין בָּעֲיָא לְמֵיתַב?

English: “Seventy” is written; one might say that both the written text and the received reading apply, requiring forty-two days.

Type of Learning

Textual comparison

What Is Learned

The discussion tests whether the written form “seventy” and its received reading could imply a forty-two-day period.

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