Derasha 291 on Vayikra 13:55

TT #291 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 7 · Passuk 55

The Complete Passuk

וְרָאָ֨ה הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אַֽחֲרֵ֣י הֻכַּבֵּ֣ס אֶת־הַנֶּ֗גַע וְ֠הִנֵּ֠ה לֹֽא־הָפַ֨ךְ הַנֶּ֤גַע אֶת־עֵינוֹ֙ וְהַנֶּ֣גַע לֹֽא־פָשָׂ֔ה טָמֵ֣א ה֔וּא בָּאֵ֖שׁ תִּשְׂרְפֶ֑נּוּ פְּחֶ֣תֶת הִ֔וא בְּקָֽרַחְתּ֖וֹ א֥וֹ בְגַבַּחְתּֽוֹ׃

English: The priest shall examine the lesion after it has been washed; if the lesion has not changed in appearance and has not spread, it is impure; you shall burn it in fire. It is a penetrating decay, whether the worn or unworn side is affected.

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Sanhedrin 88a for the comparison between whole-body tzaraas and a garment whose affliction spreads over its entirety.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sanhedrin 88a
בקרחתו וגו'. תניא, רבי נתן בן אבטולמוס אומר: מניין לפריחת בגדים שהיא טהורה?

English: Rabbi Natan ben Avtulmos asks how we know that a garment whose affliction spreads over its entirety is pure.

Type of Learning

Textual derivation

What Is Learned

This unit raises the rule for a garment whose affliction covers its entire surface; the next unit derives its status from the parallel rule for a person whose affliction covers the whole body.