Derasha 5 on Metzora 14:05

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The Complete Passuk

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

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Sotah 15b (verified on the daf).

E-Daf.com — Tsurras Hadaf (size=3)
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF of the daf

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כְּלִי חֶרֶשׂ עַל מַיִם חַיִּים — מַה מַּיִם חַיִּים שֶׁלֹּא נַעֲשְׂתָה בָּהֶן מְלָאכָה אַף כְּלִי שֶׁלֹּא נַעֲשְׂתָה בּוֹ מְלָאכָה.

English: “An earthenware vessel over living water” — just as living water has never been used for work, so the vessel must never have been used for work.

Type of Learning

Heqesh

What Is Learned

Chazal derive from the parallel that the earthenware vessel must be new and unused.