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But isn’t it written in that same section dealing with a woman after childbirth: “She shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the Sanctuary, until the days of her purification are completed” (Leviticus 12:4), which comes to include teruma? Rather, the Torah considers several distinct matters s
The Talmud asks: And why do I need 3 verses with regard to teruma? The Talmud answers: They are all necessary, as, had teruma been derived solely from the verse: “He shall not eat of the holy things until he be pure” (Leviticus 22:4), I would not have known by what means ritual purity is achieved,
And had God written only: “And when the sun has set,” I might have said that this applies only to one who does not require an atonement offering, but as for one who requires an atonement offering, one might say that he may not eat teruma until he brings his atonement offering. Therefore, God writes
And had God written only: “Until the days of her purification are completed,” I would say that upon the completion of the purification period she is immediately purified even without immersion. Therefore, God writes: “Until he be pure.”
The Talmud asks: And according to that tanna who disagrees with the tanna of the school of R' Yishmael and says that the verse “Any man from the seed of Aaron who is a metzora or a zav shall not eat of the holy things until he be pure” (Leviticus 22:4) is speaking of a zav who already experienced 3