Musar for Yevamot 149:6
צריכי דאי כתב רחמנא ביולדת משום דמרובה טומאתה אבל בזב אימא לא ואי כתב רחמנא בזב דלא הותר מכללו אבל יולדת אימא לא צריכא
is 'until he brings his atonement,'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' The text referring to holy food, terumah having been deduced by him from Lev. XXII, 7. ');"><sup>12</sup></span> what need was there for two texts<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. XII, 8 and ibid. XXII, 4. ');"><sup>13</sup></span> in respect of holy food? — [They are both] required. For had the All Merciful written about the woman after childbirth only,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., Lev. XII, 8. ');"><sup>14</sup></span>
Shenei Luchot HaBerit
Commandment 168 forbids a ritually unclean person to eat any part of the sacrifices or other hallowed matter that may otherwise be eaten by someone who is ritually clean. The operative verse is "she must not touch anything that is holy" (12,4). Our sages in Makkot 14 view this as a prohibition directed at the person eating such "holy" things.
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