Derasha 121 on Vayikra 13:12

TT #121 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 2 · Passuk 10

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וְאִם־פָּר֨וֹחַ תִּפְרַ֤ח הַצָּרַ֙עַת֙ בָּע֔וֹר וְכִסְּתָ֣ה הַצָּרַ֗עַת אֵ֚ת כׇּל־ע֣וֹר הַנֶּ֔גַע מֵרֹאשׁ֖וֹ וְעַד־רַגְלָ֑יו לְכׇל־מַרְאֵ֖ה עֵינֵ֥י הַכֹּהֵֽן׃

English: If the eruption spreads out in the skin, so that the eruption covers all the skin of the affected person from head to foot, as far as the priest can see,

Chabad.org — Chumash, English translation + Rashi for Vayikra 13:12

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Sifra (Toras Kohanim) for repeated spreading over the whole body, even when the eruption recedes and spreads again.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sifra
אין לי אלא בזמן שפרחה בכולו בבת אחת, פורחת וחוזרת ופורחת וחוזרת מניין ת"ל ואם פרח תפרח מכל מקום

English: The rule applies even when the eruption spreads over the whole body, recedes, and then spreads again.

Type of Learning

Textual derivation

What Is Learned

Repeated spreading still falls under the rule even if the eruption recedes between episodes before covering the body again.