Derasha 6 on Metzora 14:07
Parashas Metzora · Passuk 14:07
The Complete Passuk
וְהִזָּ֗ה עַל־הַמִּטַּהֵ֛ר מִן־הַצָּרַ֖עַת שֶׁ֣בַע פְּעָמִ֑ים וְטִ֣הֲר֔וֹ וְשִׁלַּ֛ח אֶת־הַצִּפֹּ֥ר הַֽחַיָּ֖ה עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃
Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi
Source Citation
Torah Temima points to Tosefta Negaim 8.
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
וְשִׁלַּח — שִׁלְּחָהּ וְחָזְרָה חוֹזֵר וּמְשַׁלְּחָהּ אֲפִלּוּ מֵאָה פְּעָמִים.
English: “And he shall send” — if he sent it and it returned, he sends it again, even a hundred times.
Type of Learning
Repeated sending
What Is Learned
Chazal require that the bird be sent away as many times as necessary until it does not return.