(Lev. 12:6:) “And when the days of her purification are fulfilled [for either a son or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb in its first year for a burnt offering….]” Why does she bring an offering? Our masters have said, “She screams a hundred times when she sits on the birthing chair, as stated (Is. 41:24), ‘Behold you are like nothing, and your actions are less than zero.’ What is [the meaning of] ‘less than zero (<i>me’effa</i>)?’ There are one hundred screams (<i>meah puot</i>), ninety-nine for death and one for life.<sup class="footnote-marker">14</sup><i class="footnote">Exod. R. 46:2; Lev. R. 27:7; <i>Tanh</i>., Lev. 8:11; <i>PRK</i> 9:6.h</i> And when the pangs arrive for her, she vows that she will never favor her husband [with sexual intercourse] again. She therefore brings an offering,<sup class="footnote-marker">15</sup><i class="footnote">Because of the impetuous oath. So Nid. 31:b.</i> as stated (ibid.), ‘she shall bring a lamb in its first year.’”