Derasha 1 on Metzora 15:05

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 15:05

The Complete Passuk

וְאִ֕ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִגַּ֖ע בְּמִשְׁכָּב֑וֹ יְכַבֵּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Toras Kohanim.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִגַּע — אָדָם נוֹגֵעַ בְּמִשְׁכָּב מְטַמֵּא בְּגָדִים, וְאֵין מִשְׁכָּב הַנּוֹגֵעַ בְּמִשְׁכָּב מְטַמֵּא בְּגָדִים.

English: “And a man who touches” — a person who touches a bed conveys impurity to garments, but a bed that touches a bed does not convey impurity to garments.

Type of Learning

Person vs. article as conveyor

What Is Learned

Chazal distinguish: contact by a person with the zav’s midras makes his clothes impure; contact of one midras article with another does not.