Derasha 119 on Vayikra 13:11

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צָרַ֨עַת נוֹשֶׁ֤נֶת הִוא֙ בְּע֣וֹר בְּשָׂר֔וֹ וְטִמְּא֖וֹ הַכֹּהֵ֑ן לֹ֣א יַסְגִּרֶ֔נּוּ כִּ֥י טָמֵ֖א הֽוּא׃

English: It is chronic leprosy on the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him impure; he shall not isolate him, for he is impure.

Chabad.org — Chumash, English translation + Rashi for Vayikra 13:11

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Sifra (Toras Kohanim) for the rule against a new isolation period for a person already declared definitively impure.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sifra
לא יסגירו. מלמד שאין מסגירין את המוחלט.

English: “He shall not shut him up”: this teaches that one who has already been declared definitively impure is not confined for another observation period.

Type of Learning

Textual derivation

What Is Learned

Once the priest has declared the person definitively impure, the ordinary observation-period procedure is not restarted.