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Derasha 40 on Vayikra 12:5

TT #40 · 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 Niddah 36b.

E-Daf — Niddah 36b · Shas.org — Niddah 36b · Steinsaltz Center — Niddah 36b

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Niddah 36b
״כְּנִדָּתָהּ״ וְלֹא כְזִיבָתָהּ; מִכְּלַל דְּזִיבָתָהּ טָהוֹר, וְאֵיזוֹ זוֹ? זוֹ קִישּׁוּי בִּימֵי זִיבָה.

English: “As in her menstrual impurity,” but not as in her zavah status; thus the blood of the difficult labor during zavah days is pure.

Type of Learning

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What Is Learned

The phrase “as in her menstrual impurity, but not as in her zavah status” teaches that blood during difficult labor in the days of zavah is treated as pure.

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