Derasha 2 on Metzora 14:42

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 14:42

The Complete Passuk

וְלָקְחוּ֙ אֲבָנִ֣ים אֲחֵר֔וֹת וְהֵבִ֖יאוּ אֶל־תַּ֣חַת הָאֲבָנִ֑ים וְעָפָ֥ר אַחֵ֛ר יִקַּ֖ח וְטָ֥ח אֶת־הַבָּֽיִת׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Toras Kohanim.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֲבָנִים אֲחֵרוֹת — אִי אֲבָנִים יָכוֹל יִקַּח אֲבָנִים מִצַּד זֶה וְיָבִיא לְצַד זֶה, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר אֲחֵרוֹת.

English: “Other stones” — if [only] “stones,” one might think he may take stones from one side [of the house] and bring them to the other side; therefore it says “other.”

Type of Learning

New stones required

What Is Learned

Chazal require genuinely different stones, not merely relocated stones from the same house.