Leviticus [And he called] 12

Parashah 27: Tazria ·She conceives· 12:1-13:59

Read with Parashah 28 in regular years; in leap years, read separately

1Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], saying, 21 “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. 32 On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 3 4She shall continue in purification 4 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. 5But 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. 65

“‘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: 7and 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. 8If she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves, or two young pigeons; 6 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.’”