Derasha 8 on Metzora 14:34

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 14:34

The Complete Passuk

כִּ֤י תָבֹ֙אוּ֙ אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּנַ֔עַן אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֲנִ֛י נֹתֵ֥ן לָכֶ֖ם לַאֲחֻזָּ֑ה וְנָתַתִּי֙ נֶ֣גַע צָרַ֔עַת בְּבֵ֖ית אֶ֥רֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶֽם׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Gittin 82a (verified on the daf).

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Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
בְּבֵית אֶרֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶם — כָּל הַבָּתִּים מְטַמְּאִין בִּנְגָעִים חוּץ מִשֶּׁל עוֹבְדֵי כּוֹכָבִים, דִּכְתִיב בְּבֵית אֶרֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶם, בֵּית אֶרֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶם מְטַמֵּא בִּנְגָעִים וְאֵין בָּתֵּי נָכְרִים מְטַמְּאִין בִּנְגָעִים.

English: “In a house of the land of your possession” — all houses become tamei through negaim except those of idolaters, as it is written “in a house of the land of your possession”: a house of the land of your possession becomes tamei through negaim, but the houses of gentiles do not become tamei through negaim.

Type of Learning

Exclusion of non-Jewish houses

What Is Learned

Chazal exclude houses belonging to non-Jews from the laws of house-negaim.