Derasha 292 on Vayikra 13:55

TT #292 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 7 · Passuk 55

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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 deriving the garment rule from the parallel rule for a person.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sanhedrin 88a
נאמר קרחת וגבחת בבגדים ונאמר קרחת וגבחת באדם; מה להלן פרח בכולו טהור, אף כאן פרח בכולו טהור.

English: The same terms, “karachas” and “gabachas,” appear for garments and for people. Just as a person whose affliction spreads over the whole body is pure, so too a garment whose affliction spreads throughout is pure.

Type of Learning

Textual derivation

What Is Learned

Just as a person whose affliction covers the entire body is declared pure under the parallel rule, a garment whose affliction covers its entire surface is also pure.