Derasha 2 on Metzora 14:38

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 14:38

The Complete Passuk

וְיָצָ֧א הַכֹּהֵ֛ן מִן־הַבַּ֖יִת אֶל־פֶּ֣תַח הַבָּ֑יִת וְהִסְגִּ֥יר אֶת־הַבַּ֖יִת שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Negaim 12:6.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְיָצָא הַכֹּהֵן וגו' — אֵינוֹ הוֹלֵךְ לְתוֹךְ בֵּיתוֹ וּמַסְגִּיר, וְלֹא עוֹמֵד בְּתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת שֶׁהַנֶּגַע בְּתוֹכוֹ וּמַסְגִּיר, אֶלָּא עוֹמֵד עַל פֶּתַח הַבַּיִת שֶׁהַנֶּגַע בְּתוֹכוֹ וּמַסְגִּיר.

English: “And the kohen shall go out …” — he does not go into his own house and close it up, nor does he stand inside the house that contains the nega and close it up; rather he stands at the entrance of the house that contains the nega and closes it up.

Type of Learning

Location of the closing

What Is Learned

Chazal require the kohen to stand at the doorway of the affected house when he pronounces the quarantine; he may not do so from inside the house or from his own home.