Derasha 5 on Metzora 15:02

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 15:02

The Complete Passuk

דַּבְּרוּ֙ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֖ם אֲלֵהֶ֑ם אִ֣ישׁ אִ֗ישׁ כִּ֤י יִהְיֶה֙ זָ֣ב מִבְּשָׂר֔וֹ זוֹב֖וֹ טָמֵ֥א הֽוּא׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Niddah 43a (verified on the daf).

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Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כִּי יִהְיֶה זָב מִבְּשָׂרוֹ — אֵין הַזָּב מְטַמֵּא עַד שֶׁתֵּצֵא טֻמְאָתוֹ לַחוּץ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר כִּי יִהְיֶה זָב מִבְּשָׂרוֹ, עַד שֶׁיֵּצֵא זוֹבוֹ מִבְּשָׂרוֹ.

English: “When he has a discharge from his flesh” — the zav does not become tamei until his impurity emerges outside, as it is said “when he has a discharge from his flesh” — until his discharge leaves his flesh.

Type of Learning

External emergence required

What Is Learned

Chazal require that the discharge actually exit the body before the status of zav takes effect.