Derasha 66 on Vayikra 13:2

TT #66 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 2

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אָדָ֗ם כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֤ה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרוֹ֙ שְׂאֵ֤ת אֽוֹ־סַפַּ֙חַת֙ א֣וֹ בַהֶ֔רֶת וְהָיָ֥ה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂר֖וֹ לְנֶ֣גַע צָרָ֑עַת וְהוּבָא֙ אֶל־אַהֲרֹ֣ן הַכֹּהֵ֔ן א֛וֹ אֶל־אַחַ֥ד מִבָּנָ֖יו הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃

English: When a person has on the skin of the body a swelling, a rash, or a discoloration, and it develops into a scaly affection on the skin of the body, it shall be reported to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons, the priests.

Chabad.org — Chumash, English translation + Rashi for Vayikra 13:2

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Shevuos 6b for this stage in the definition of the skin-affliction appearances.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Shevuos 6b
בְּמַתְנִיתָא תָּנָא: הֵטִיל הַכָּתוּב לַסַּפַּחַת בֵּין שְׂאֵת לַבַּהֶרֶת, לוֹמַר לָךְ: כְּשֵׁם שֶׁטְּפֵילָה לַשְּׂאֵת, כָּךְ טְפֵילָה לַבַּהֶרֶת.

English: A baraita teaches: Scripture placed sapachas between se'eis and baheres to teach that, just as a secondary shade accompanies se'eis, so a secondary shade accompanies baheres.

Type of Learning

Textual analogy

What Is Learned

The placement of sapachas between se'eis and baheres teaches that both principal appearances have a corresponding secondary shade.