Derasha 53 on Vayikra 12:7

TT #53 · 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 Sifra (Toras Kohanim) for deriving the inclusion of certain miscarriages from the verse’s words “for a male or for a female.”

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sifra
לזכר או לנקבה.

English: “For a male or for a female”—the Sifra uses this phrase to include atypical miscarriage cases within the childbirth-offering law.

Type of Learning

Textual inclusion

What Is Learned

This phrase introduces the inclusion of atypical miscarriage cases; the following unit names the sandal-shaped fetus, placenta, and formed sac.