EXTRA 1 on Metzora 14:55

Side-ring EXTRA · Scope of the Torah of nega

Source

The closing unit 14:54–57 itself; Torah Temimah cites on the neighboring verses (14:54, 14:56–57) and is silent on this middle catalogue line.

Core Text

Core Text
וּלְצָרַעַת הַבֶּגֶד וְלַבַּיִת — הַשְּׁלֵמוּת שֶׁל תּוֹרַת הַנֶּגַע: אָדָם, בֶּגֶד, בַּיִת.

English: “And for the tzaraas of the garment and for the house” — the full scope of the Torah of nega: person, garment, house.

Type of Learning

Three domains

What Is Learned

This verse is the middle of the closing catalogue that binds garment and house into the same “this is the Torah” that opened the person-metzora laws.