Derasha 50 on Vayikra 12:7

TT #50 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 7

The Complete Passuk

וְהִקְרִיב֞וֹ לִפְנֵ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ וְכִפֶּ֣ר עָלֶ֔יהָ וְטָהֲרָ֖הֿ מִמְּקֹ֣ור דָּמֶ֑יהָ זֹ֤את תּוֹרַת֙ הַיֹּלֶ֔דֶת לַזָּכָ֖ר א֥וֹ לַנְּקֵבָֽה׃

English: He shall offer it before GOD and make expiation on her behalf; she shall then be pure from her flow of blood. Such are the rituals concerning a woman who bears a child, male or female.

Chabad.org — Chumash, English translation + Rashi for Vayikra 12:7

Source Citation

Torah Temimah’s printed reference is Niddah 18a; the quoted Gemara is located at Niddah 19a. This unit’s wording and locus are retained separately from TT #49.

Sefaria — Niddah 19a (vowelized text)

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Niddah 19a
בְּמָקוֹר דָּמֶיהָ. וְאֵימָא אָדוֹם וְתוּ לָא? אָמַר רַבִּי אַבָּהוּ, אָמַר קְרָא: ״דָּמֶיהָ״ ״דָּמֶיהָ״ — הֲרֵי כָּאן אַרְבָּעָה. וְשָׁחוֹר — אָדוֹם הוּא, אֶלָּא שֶׁלָּקָה.

English: One might say only red is impure. Rabbi Abahu says the repeated “her blood” establishes four, while black is really red that has deteriorated.

Type of Learning

Textual derivation

What Is Learned

The Gemara explains how the plural wording broadens the list beyond ordinary red blood; black is counted as red that has darkened, yielding the additional recognized appearance rather than an unrelated substance.