in which the process of purification after childbirth is described.
Question: Why does it take 7 days for a woman to purify after delivering a boy and 14 after a girl? Answer: Since the female child inherently carries a higher degree of holiness, due to her own biological, life creating capability, a greater void, or tumah, remains after her birth. Thus, the greater tumah after a baby girl\'s birth reflects her greater capacity for holiness (due to her creative powers) and necessitates the longer wait to remove this ritual impurity. Chana Weisberg for Chabbad.org