Derasha 3 on Metzora 14:03

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 14:03

The Complete Passuk

וְיָצָא֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן אֶל־מִח֖וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֑ה וְרָאָה֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְהִנֵּ֛ה נִרְפָּ֥א נֶֽגַע־הַצָּרַ֖עַת מִן־הַצָּרֽוּעַ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Toras Kohanim.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְהִנֵּה נִרְפָּא וגו' — נִרְפָּא הַנֶּגַע שֶׁהָלַךְ לוֹ שֵׂעָר לָבָן, נֶגַע הַצָּרַעַת שֶׁהָלְכָה הַמִּחְיָה, מִן הַצָּרוּעַ אֲפִלּוּ מִקְצַת שֵׂעָר לָבָן וַאֲפִלּוּ מִקְצַת מִחְיָה.

English: “And behold it has been healed …” — “the nega has been healed” means the white hair has departed; “the nega of the tzaraas” means the healthy flesh has departed; “from the one with tzaraas” includes even a partial white hair or a partial area of healthy flesh.

Type of Learning

Derash on expanded wording

What Is Learned

Chazal teach that the departure of even part of the white hair or the michyah constitutes the “healing” that triggers the purification rites.