Derasha 216 on Vayikra 13:37

TT #216 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 37

The Complete Passuk

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 the continued pure status after qualifying black hair later disappears.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sifra
טָהוֹר הוּא. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהָלַךְ לוֹ שֵׂעָר שָׁחֹר טָהוֹר הוּא.

English: Even if the black hair later disappears, he remains clean.

Type of Learning

Textual derivation

What Is Learned

Once the stated healing condition has established purity, the later loss of black hair does not undo it.