Derasha 215 on Vayikra 13:37

TT #215 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 37

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וְאִם־בְּעֵינָיו֩ עָמַ֨ד הַנֶּ֜תֶק וְשֵׂעָ֨ר שָׁחֹ֧ר צָֽמַח־בּ֛וֹ נִרְפָּ֥א הַנֶּ֖תֶק טָה֣וֹר ה֑וּא וְטִהֲר֖וֹ הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ ס

English: If the netek remains unchanged and black hair has grown in it, the netek is healed; he is clean, and the priest shall pronounce him clean.

Chabad.org — Chumash, English translation + Rashi for Vayikra 13:37

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Sifra (Toras Kohanim) for excluding a nested netek from the definition of a healed netek.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sifra
נִרְפָּא הַנֶּתֶק. וְלֹא שֶׁנִּתַּק נֶתֶק בְּתוֹךְ נֶתֶק.

English: 'The netek is healed' excludes a case where another netek has formed within it.

Type of Learning

Textual derivation

What Is Learned

A nested netek is not treated as a healed lesion.