Derasha 147 on Vayikra 13:18

TT #147 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 18

The Complete Passuk

וּבָשָׂ֕ר כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֥ה בֽוֹ־בְעֹר֖וֹ שְׁחִ֑ין וְנִרְפָּֽא׃

English: When the flesh has a boil on its skin and it heals.

Chabad.org — Chumash, English translation + Rashi for Vayikra 13:18

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Sotah 5a for the textual distinction between the verse’s description of a boil as healed and its wording about a person.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sotah 5a
אָמַר רַבִּי זֵירָא: בָּשָׂר כְּתִיב בֵּיהּ וְנִרְפָּא, אָדָם לָא כְּתִיב בֵּיהּ וְנִרְפָּא.

English: Rabbi Zeira observes that Scripture says of the flesh, “and it is healed,” but does not use that phrase for the person.

Type of Learning

Textual derivation

What Is Learned

The verse explicitly describes the boil as healed; the Gemara draws a distinction from the absence of the same wording about the person.