Derasha 249 on Vayikra 13:46

TT #249 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 7 · Passuk 46

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כָּל־יְמֵ֞י אֲשֶׁ֨ר הַנֶּ֥גַע בּ֛וֹ יִטְמָ֖א טָמֵ֣א ה֑וּא בָּדָ֣ד יֵשֵׁ֔ב מִח֥וּץ לַמַּֽחֲנֶ֖ה מֽוֹשָׁבֽוֹ׃

English: All the days that the affliction is upon him he shall be impure; he is impure. He shall dwell alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp.

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Sifra (Toras Kohanim) for limiting the impure period to the days during which the lesion remains present.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sifra (Toras Kohanim)
ימי אשר הנגע בו יטמא – לא ימים שהיתה בו בהרת ונקצצה.

English: “The days during which the affliction is in him” excludes days after the baheret has been cut off.

Type of Learning

Textual derivation

What Is Learned

The phrase “the days during which the affliction is in him” limits the ordinary impurity period to the time the lesion is present; days after its removal are not counted in that phrase.