Tazria continues the laws of purity and impurity begun in Shemini. One of the key roles of the Priest was to be able to distinguish tahor from tamei, pure from impure, the latter debarring an individual from entering the sacred space of the Sanctuary.

One example given is the length of time a woman must wait after giving birth, which differs when she is mother to a son or a daughter.

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