Jewish%20thought for Niddah 62:28

אמר להן

And why did the Torah ordain that in the case of a male [the woman is clean] after seven days and in that of a female after fourteen days? [On the birth of a] male with whom all rejoice she regrets her oath after seven days, [but on the birth of a female] about whom everybody is upset she regrets her oath after fourteen days. And why did the Torah ordain circumcision on the eighth day?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After birth, and not on the seventh which is the last day of uncleanness ');">²⁷</span>

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