Derasha 3 on Metzora 14:05

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 14:05

The Complete Passuk

וְצִוָּה֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן וְשָׁחַ֖ט אֶת־הַצִּפּ֣וֹר הָאֶחָ֑ת אֶל־כְּלִי־חֶ֖רֶשׂ עַל־מַ֥יִם חַיִּֽים׃

Torah Temima points to Toras Kohanim.

Core Text

הָאֶחָת אֶל כְּלִי — הָאֶחָת אֶל כְּלִי חֶרֶשׂ וְאֵין שְׁתַּיִם אֶל כְּלִי חֶרֶשׂ.

English: “The one into a vessel” — one bird into an earthenware vessel, not two birds of two different metzoraim into a single vessel.

Mi’ut against combining

Chazal prohibit slaughtering the birds of two metzoraim into one shared earthenware vessel.