Parashah 27: Tazria ·She conceives· 12:1-13:59
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Read with Parashah 28 in regular years; in leap years, read separately
1 Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], saying, 2 * “Speak to the children of Israel [God prevails], saying, ‘If a woman conceives, and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean seven days; as in the days of her monthly period she shall be unclean. 3 † On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. ‡ 4 She shall continue in purification § of blood for thirty-three days. She shall not touch any holy thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying are completed. 5 But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her period; and she shall continue in purification of blood for sixty-six days.
6 * “ ‘When the days of her purification are completed, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the Tent of Meeting, a year old lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a habitual sin ·miss the mark· offering: 7 and he shall offer it before Adonai, and make atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the fountain of her blood.
“ ‘This is the Torah ·Teaching· for her who bears, whether a male or a female. 8 If she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves, or two young pigeons; † the one for a burnt offering, and the other for a habitual sin ·miss the mark· offering: and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.’ ”
* 12:2 . Lev 12:2 (Lev 12:2-5, 12:1-8) (#3.211): A woman after childbirth is unclean like the menstruating woman † 12:3 . Lev 12:3; Gen 17:12 (Gen 17:7-14) (#1.9): To circumcise every male among you on the eighth day after birth ‡ 12:3 . Quoted in John 7:22 § 12:4 . (3-4) Quoted in Luke 2:21-22 * 12:6 . Lev 12:6 (Lev 12:6-8, 12:1-8) (#3.212): T. After a woman gives birth, she is to offer an offering following the days of her purification are fulfilled / R. A woman who gave birth must bring an offering after she goes to the mikvah ·ritual washing, baptism· † 12:8 . Quoted in Luke 2:24