Leviticus 12: Birth Day

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Jan 19, 2026 · 2m

“On the completion of her period of purification, for either son or daughter, she shall bring to the priest, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, a lamb in its first year for a burnt offering, and a pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering (verse 6: וּבִמְלֹאת יְמֵי טָהֳרָהּ לְבֵן אוֹ לְבַת תָּבִיא כֶבֶשׂ בֶּן־שְׁנָתוֹ לְעֹלָה וּבֶן־יוֹנָה אוֹ תֹר לְחַטָּאת אֶל־פֶּתַח אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן׃).

Why does the woman have to bring a sin offering after giving birth? This seems antithetical to the Torah commandment to be fruitful and multiply? One school of thought is that the sin offering is…