Derasha 52 on Vayikra 12:7

TT #52 · 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 cites Kerisos 9b for the rule that one childbirth offering can cover multiple births, subject to the verse’s limitation.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Kerisos 9b
״זֹאת תּוֹרַת הַיֹּלֶדֶת״ — מְלַמֵּד שֶׁמְּבִיאָה קָרְבָּן אֶחָד עַל וְלָדוֹת הַרְבֵּה. יָכוֹל תָּבִיא עַל הַלֵּידָה שֶׁלִּפְנֵי מְלֹאת וְעַל הַלֵּידָה שֶׁלְּאַחַר מְלֹאת כְּאַחַת? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר: ״זֹאת״.

English: “This is the law of the woman who bears a child” teaches that she brings one offering for many births; “this” limits that rule regarding births before and after completion.

Type of Learning

Textual limitation

What Is Learned

The general rule permits one offering to cover multiple births, but the word “this” limits combining events on opposite sides of the completion of the purification period.