The Torah speaks of the difference for a woman giving birth to a male, rather than a female. The amount of impurity connected with a female, is double the amount for giving birth to a male.

The Torah begins with the birth of the male and explains that the mother shall sit in her impurity for seven days. On the eighth day, even if it is Shabbat, the baby should be circumcised.

The explanation for this difference........

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