Derasha 304 on Vayikra 13:58

TT #304 · Parshas Tazria · Aliyah 7 · Passuk 58

The Complete Passuk

וְהַבֶּ֡גֶד אֽוֹ־הַשְּׁתִ֨י אֽוֹ־הָעֵ֜רֶב אֽוֹ־כָל־כְּלִ֤י הָעוֹר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תְּכַבֵּ֔ס וְסָ֥ר מֵהֶ֖ם הַנָּ֑גַע וְכֻבַּ֥ס שֵׁנִ֖ית וְטָהֵֽר׃

English: The garment, warp or woof, or any leather article that you wash, if the lesion disappears from it, shall be washed a second time and be clean.

Source Citation

Torah Temimah cites Chullin 31b for requiring both washings to be intentional.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Chullin 31b
מה ראשונה לדעת, אף שנייה לדעת.

English: Just as the first washing must be intentional, so must the second washing.

Type of Learning

Textual derivation

What Is Learned

Both the first and second washings must be intentional acts.