Derasha 125 on Vayikra 13:12

TT #125 · 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 excluding a mere bright spot from the rule for a full-body eruption.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sifra
וכסתה הצרעת. הצרעת ולא הבהק.

English: “The eruption covers” excludes a mere bahak, a non-tzaraas discoloration.

Type of Learning

Textual derivation

What Is Learned

A bright spot that is not classified as tzaraas does not count as the eruption described in the full-body rule.