Derasha 60 on Vayikra 12:8

TT #60 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 8

The Complete Passuk

וְאִם־לֹ֨א תִמְצָ֣א יָדָהּ֮ דֵּ֣י שֶׂה֒ וְלָקְחָ֣ה שְׁתֵּֽי־תֹרִ֗ים א֤וֹ שְׁנֵי֙ בְּנֵ֣י יוֹנָ֔ה אֶחָ֥ד לְעֹלָ֖ה וְאֶחָ֣ד לְחַטָּ֑את וְכִפֶּ֥ר עָלֶ֛יהָ הַכֹּהֵ֖ן וְטָהֵֽרָה׃ {פ}

English: If, however, her means do not suffice for a sheep, she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a purgation offering. The priest shall make expiation on her behalf, and she shall be pure.

Chabad.org — Chumash, English translation + Rashi for Vayikra 12:8

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Yerushalmi Shabbos 1:3 for the statement that cleanliness leads to purity.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Yerushalmi Shabbos 1:3
נְקִיּוּת מְבִיאָה לִידֵי טַהֳרָה. דִּכְתִיב: וְכִפֶּר עָלֶיהָ הַכֹּהֵן וְטָהֵרָה.

English: Purity comes through cleanliness, as it is written: “And the priest shall make expiation for her, and she shall be pure.”

Type of Learning

Textual order

What Is Learned

Purity follows cleanliness: the Yerushalmi places ritual purity after cleanliness in the progression taught by Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair.