Derasha 23 on Vayikra 12:3

TT #23 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 3

The Complete Passuk

וּבַיּ֖וֹם הַשְּׁמִינִ֑י יִמּ֖וֹל בְּשַׂ֥ר עָרְלָתֽוֹ׃

English: On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised.

Chabad.org — Chumash, English translation + Rashi for Vayikra 12:3

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Shabbos 132b.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Shabbos 132b
תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן: מִילָה דּוֹחָה אֶת הַצָּרַעַת בֵּין בִּזְמַנָּהּ בֵּין שֶׁלֹּא בִּזְמַנָּהּ.

English: The Sages taught: Circumcision overrides the prohibition against cutting away a tzaraas lesion, whether the circumcision is performed at its proper time or later.

Type of Learning

Textual inference

What Is Learned

The rule applies both to circumcision performed at its proper time and to a delayed circumcision.