The whole purpose of the Torah is to break down infinite spiritual principles into nice bite-sized easy-to-digest chunks. In our study of Leviticus chapter 12, we studied the carefully orchestrated 3-step process of how a new mother is brought back from her state of uncleanness to cleanness and then finally restored to a state of […]

“When the days of her purification are over, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring a lamb in its first year for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or dove for a sin offering to the entrance of the tent of meeting, to the cohen.  He will offer it before Adonai and […]

“When the days of her purification are over, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring a lamb in its first year for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or dove for a sin offering to the entrance of the tent of meeting, to the cohen.” -Leviticus 12:6 We are in […]

“He will offer it before Adonai and make atonement for her; thus she will be purified from her discharge of blood. Such is the law for a woman who gives birth, whether to a boy or to a girl.”-Leviticus 12:7 I think we encounter an interesting conundrum here in Leviticus chapter 12. Why would the Lord on […]

“The Lord said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites: ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be ceremonially unclean for seven days, just as she is unclean during her monthly period.“-Leviticus 12:1-2 Leviticus chapter 12 deals with the type of ritual impurity that results when a woman gives birth to a child. We’re […]