Derasha 255 on Vayikra 13:46

TT #255 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 7 · Passuk 46

The Complete Passuk

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 Mishnah Negaim 13:7 for the rules governing a pure and impure person under a shared tree.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Mishnah Negaim 13:7
מושבו. מכאן אמרו (נגעים פי״ג מ״ז): הטמא יושב תחת האילן והטהור עומד — טמא; הטהור יושב תחת האילן והטמא עומד — טהור.

English: The Mishnah distinguishes the two arrangements: if the impure person sits beneath the tree while the pure person stands there, the pure person becomes impure; if the pure person sits and the impure person stands, the pure person remains pure.

Type of Learning

Textual derivation

What Is Learned

The Mishnah distinguishes the effects of sitting and standing under a shared shelter in the laws of impurity.