Derasha 150 on Vayikra 13:18

TT #150 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 18

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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

Sifra (Toras Kohanim).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sifra
בוֹ בְּעוֹרוֹ. אֵין לִי אֶלָּא בִּזְמַן שֶׁמִּקְצָתוֹ שְׁחִין וּמִקְצָתוֹ בַּהֶרֶת, מִקְצָת שְׁחִין וְכוּלּוֹ בַּהֶרֶת, מִקְצָת בַּהֶרֶת וְכוּלּוֹ שְׁחִין, כּוּלּוֹ שְׁחִין וְכוּלּוֹ בַּהֶרֶת מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר בְּעֹרוֹ בְּעֹרוֹ רִיבָּה.

English: “In his skin”—I know only a case where part is a boil and part a baheres. What about a boil over part with a baheres over the whole area, a baheres over part with a boil over the whole area, or a boil and baheres each covering the whole area? Scripture repeats “in his skin,” extending the rule to all these combinations.

Type of Learning

Textual derivation

What Is Learned

The repeated phrase covers all four configurations: a partial boil and partial baheres, a partial boil with baheres over the whole area, a partial baheres with boil over the whole area, and both conditions covering the whole area.