Derasha 236 on Vayikra 13:44

TT #236 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 7 · Passuk 44

The Complete Passuk

אִֽישׁ־צָר֥וּעַ ה֖וּא טָמֵ֥א ה֑וּא טַמֵּ֧א יְטַמְּאֶ֛נּוּ הַכֹּהֵ֖ן בְּרֹאשׁ֥וֹ נִגְעֽוֹ׃

English: He is a man afflicted with tzaraas; he is impure. The priest shall surely declare him impure; his affliction is on his head.

Chabad.org — Chumash, English translation + Rashi for Vayikra 13:44

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Sotah 23b for extending the priest’s declaration to the other categories of afflicted people.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sotah 23b
בְּרֹאשׁוֹ נִגְעוֹ. אֵין לִי אֶלָּא נְתָקִין, מִנַּיִן לְרַבּוֹת שְׁאָר הַמְנֻגָּעִים?

English: “His affliction is on his head”—I know this applies to netakim. How do we know that the rule includes the other afflicted persons as well?

Type of Learning

Textual derivation

What Is Learned

This unit raises how the priestly declaration applies beyond netakim; the next unit gives the verse that extends the rule to all the afflicted categories.