Derasha 5 on Metzora 15:03

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 15:03

The Complete Passuk

וְזֹ֛את תִּהְיֶ֥ה טֻמְאָת֖וֹ בְּזוֹב֑וֹ רָ֣ר בְּשָׂר֞וֹ אֶת־זוֹב֗וֹ אֽוֹ־הֶחְתִּ֤ים בְּשָׂרוֹ֙ מִזּוֹב֔וֹ טֻמְאָת֖וֹ הִֽוא׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

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

E-Daf.com — Tsurras Hadaf (size=3)
HebrewBooks / Shas PDF of the daf

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
רָר בְּשָׂרוֹ — זוֹבוֹ חַד, רָר בְּשָׂרוֹ תְּרֵי, אֶת זוֹבוֹ תְּלָת; לִמֵּד עַל זָב בַּעַל שָׁלֹשׁ רְאִיּוֹת שֶׁחַיָּב בְּקָרְבָּן.

English: “His flesh runs” — “his discharge” is one, “his flesh runs” is two, “his discharge” [again] is three; this teaches that a zav of three sightings is obligated to bring an offering.

Type of Learning

Three sightings for the korban

What Is Learned

Chazal derive from the multiple expressions that three separate emissions obligate the zav to bring a korban.