Derasha 1 on Metzora 14:45

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 14:45

The Complete Passuk

וְנָתַ֣ץ אֶת־הַבַּ֗יִת אֶת־אֲבָנָיו֙ וְאֶת־עֵצָ֔יו וְאֵ֖ת כׇּל־עֲפַ֣ר הַבָּ֑יִת וְהוֹצִיא֙ אֶל־מִח֣וּץ לָעִ֔יר אֶל־מָק֖וֹם טָמֵֽא׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Toras Kohanim.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֶת אֲבָנָיו וגו' — וְנָתַץ אֶת הַבַּיִת אֶת אֲבָנָיו וְאֶת עֵצָיו וְאֵת כָּל עֲפַר הַבַּיִת, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁאֵין הַבַּיִת מְטַמֵּא בִּנְגָעִים עַד שֶׁיִּהְיוּ בּוֹ אֲבָנִים וְעֵצִים וָעָפָר.

English: “Its stones …” — “and he shall demolish the house, its stones and its timber and all the plaster of the house” — this teaches that a house does not become tamei through negaim unless it contains stones, timber and plaster.

Type of Learning

Three essential components

What Is Learned

Chazal require the presence of stones, wood and earth-plaster before a structure is subject to the full demolition law of house-negaim.