Derasha 41 on Vayikra 12:5

TT #41 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 5

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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 38b.

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Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Niddah 38b
תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: ״תֵּשֵׁב״ – לְרַבּוֹת הַמַּקְשָׁה בְּתוֹךְ שְׁמוֹנִים שֶׁל נְקֵבָה, שֶׁכָּל דָּמִים שֶׁהִיא רוֹאָה טְהוֹרִין, עַד שֶׁיֵּצֵא הַוָּלָד. וְרַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר מְטַמֵּא.

English: The Sages taught: “She shall remain” includes a woman who experiences difficult labor during the eighty days following the birth of a girl; all blood she sees is pure until the child is born. Rabbi Eliezer declares her impure.

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What Is Learned

A woman whose labor is difficult during the eighty-day period following the birth of a female remains in a state of purity with respect to the blood she sees until the child is born.