She conceives (Tazria)
Leviticus 12:1-13:59
This portion is about the law for a woman who gives birth or bears seed (chapter 12) and the law concerning skin infection (sometimes translated 'leprosy' from the Greek word lepra).
It bothered me a bit to know that the woman is unclean when she gives birth. Just a little. Reading the explanation in "Walk! Leviticus" gave me a little more understanding from a different point of view. It says,
(Tam'ah means defiled.)
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This portion is about the law for a woman who gives birth or bears seed (chapter 12) and the law concerning skin infection (sometimes translated 'leprosy' from the Greek word lepra).
It bothered me a bit to know that the woman is unclean when she gives birth. Just a little. Reading the explanation in "Walk! Leviticus" gave me a little more understanding from a different point of view. It says,
"Women do not sin by giving birth to children (Gen. 1:28). Nor do their subsequent rites of purification require laying on of hands, confession, an asham, or a different offering for the birth of a boy or girl. But the loss of blood diminishes a mother's wholeness, rendering her incomplete and thus tam'ah (cf. Lev. 12:4,5,7). Only the passage of time restores her wholeness."
(Tam'ah means defiled.)
