Derasha 3 on Metzora 14:46

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 14:46

The Complete Passuk

וְהַבָּא֙ אֶל־הַבַּ֔יִת כׇּל־יְמֵ֖י הִסְגִּ֣יר אֹת֑וֹ יִטְמָ֖א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Toras Kohanim.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כָּל יְמֵי הִסְגִּיר — יְמֵי הִסְגִּיר אוֹתוֹ, וְלֹא יָמִים שֶׁקִּלֵּף אֶת נִגְעוֹ; יָכוֹל שֶׁאֲנִי מוֹצִיא אֶת הַמֻּחְלָט שֶׁקִּלֵּף נִגְעוֹ, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר כָּל יְמֵי.

English: “All the days of its closure” — the days of its closure, and not the days after he has scraped off its nega; one might think I exclude the muchlat whose nega he scraped, therefore it says “all the days.”

Type of Learning

Duration of the restriction

What Is Learned

Chazal define the period during which entry conveys tumah as the official quarantine days, with careful inclusion of the muchlat case.