Derasha 221 on Vayikra 13:39

TT #221 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 5 · Passuk 39

The Complete Passuk

וְרָאָ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן וְהִנֵּ֧ה בְעוֹר־בְּשָׂרָ֛ם בֶּהָרֹ֖ת כֵה֣וֹת לְבָנֹ֑ת בֹּ֥הַק ה֛וּא פָּרַ֥ח בָּע֖וֹר טָה֥וֹר הֽוּא׃ ס

English: the priest shall examine them. If the spots are dull white, it is a harmless bohak that has appeared in the skin; he is clean.

Chabad.org — Chumash, English translation + Rashi for Vayikra 13:39

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Sifra (Toras Kohanim) for preventing bohak’s pure status from transferring to a separate baheret.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sifra
יָכוֹל יְטַהֵר אֶת הַבַּהֶרֶת שֶׁיָּצְאָה מִמֶּנּוּ? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר הוּא.

English: Could the pure status of bohak also make a baheres that emerges from it pure? The word “it” limits the ruling to the bohak itself.

Type of Learning

Textual derivation

What Is Learned

A baheret that emerges from a bohak must be judged on its own; the bohak’s pure status does not protect it.