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Derasha 152 on Vayikra 13:18

TT #152 · 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

Sifra (Toras Kohanim).

Sifra — Vayikra 13, Midrash Sefer

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sifra
שְׁחִין וְנִרְפָּא. אִי שְׁחִין יָכוֹל מוֹרֶד, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וְנִרְפָּא; אִי וְנִרְפָּא יָכוֹל עַד שֶׁתַּעֲשֶׂה צַלֶּקֶת, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר שְׁחִין; הָא כֵּיצַד? נִרְפָּא וְלֹא נִרְפָּא.

English: The boil must be healed enough that it is no longer active, but it need not have healed to the point of leaving a scar: it is in an intermediate state.

Type of Learning

Textual derivation

What Is Learned

The boil must be partly healed: no longer active, but not necessarily healed to the point of scarring.

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