Derasha 54 on Vayikra 12:7

TT #54 · 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 the included miscarriage cases: a sandal-shaped fetus, a placenta, or a formed sac.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sifra
להביא את המפלת סנדל או שליא או שפיר מרוקם.

English: This includes a woman who miscarries a sandal-shaped fetus, a placenta, or a developed amniotic sac.

Type of Learning

Textual inclusion

What Is Learned

This unit states the included cases directly: a miscarriage involving a sandal-shaped fetus, a placenta, or a formed sac falls within the passage’s childbirth law.