[Avodah] Sefer HaChinuch on why 2 weeks Nidah for a girl and only 1

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 3:31 PM, <cantorwolberg at cox.net> wrote:

> That's not the reason that I teach.
>
> A boy is one week and the reason for 2 weeks for a girl baby is because of
> the potential life that girl will eventually give birth to. Hence, the extra
> week is added for the girl.
> ri
> ____



Question:
Why is Bis milah mentioned in this paragraph?
Answer:
The juxtaposition is there to teach us that the boy gets ONLY 7 days of
tum;'ah because the bris mitigates the damage.
The Daughter has no such mitgation

thus the intrinsic birthing is the same, it is the EXTINSIC bris that cust
the boys days in half and hence its position in Parshas Ssasria

Shamati

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