Derasha 258 on Vayikra 13:47

TT #258 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 7 · Passuk 47

The Complete Passuk

וְהַבֶּ֕גֶד כִּי־יִֽהְיֶ֥ה ב֖וֹ נֶ֣גַע צָרָ֑עַת בְּבֶ֣גֶד צֶ֔מֶר א֖וֹ בְּבֶ֥גֶד פִּשְׁתִּֽים׃

English: If a garment has a lesion of tzaraas, whether in a wool garment or a linen garment,

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Bechoros 17a for excluding wool from an animal of uncertain species from garment-tzaraas impurity.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Bechoros 17a
אָמַר רַב נַחְמָן בַּר יִצְחָק: צֶמֶרוֹ שֶׁל נִדְמֶה אֵינוֹ מְטַמֵּא בְּנִגְעֵי בְגָדִים.

English: Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak teaches that wool from a nidmeh—an animal that resembles a different species—does not become impure through garment tzaraas.

Type of Learning

Textual derivation

What Is Learned

The wool’s halakhic classification matters: wool from a nidmeh, an animal that resembles another species, is excluded from this garment-tzaraas impurity rule.