2 Tazria Thoughts

1. The first Rashi of Tazria cites a Chazal which addresses the connection between the end of Shmini and the start of Tazria. The idea is that just like in creation animals preceded people, so too in regard to their laws of purity and impurity animals come first, followed by people.

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2. The medrash says that milah is on the eighth day in order to allow the baby to become strong (kedai sheyechazku kochotav). Common wisdom has it that milah is on the eighth day so that at least one Shabbat will have passed in every situation of milah. The Tosefet Bracha ties these 2 explanations together.

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