Musar for Yevamot 149:7
(ויקרא יא, לב) במים יובא וטמא עד הערב למה לי א"ר זירא לנגיעה
the law<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' That the prescribed sacrifice must be brought before cleanness is effected. ');"><sup>15</sup></span> might have been said to apply to her only because her uncleanness is of long duration,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Eighty days must elapse in the case of the birth of a daughter (v. Lev. XII. 5) before the mother is permitted to eat of terumah or of holy food. ');"><sup>16</sup></span> but not to a <i>zab</i>. And had the All Merciful written the law<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. supra note 3. ');"><sup>17</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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