Derasha 123 on Vayikra 13:12

TT #123 · 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 spreading whether the status changes from impurity toward purity or from purity toward impurity.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sifra
אין לי אלא מטמאה לטהורה, מטהורה לטמאה מניין ת"ל ואם פרח תפרח מ"מ

English: The rule applies whether the condition changes from impure to pure or from pure to impure.

Type of Learning

Textual derivation

What Is Learned

The Sifra applies the rule across either transition in status; the direction of the change does not itself exclude the case.