Derasha 6 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
בְּמִשְׁכָּבוֹ — בְּמִשְׁכָּבוֹ, וְלֹא בְּחֶבֶל הַיּוֹצֵא מִן הַמִּטָּה פָּחוֹת מֵחֲמִשָּׁה אוֹ יוֹתֵר מֵעֲשָׂרָה; בְּמִשְׁכָּבוֹ וְלֹא בְּנִימִין הַיּוֹצְאִין מִן הַקֶּשֶׁר חוּץ מִשָּׁלֹשׁ אֶצְבָּעוֹת.

English: “His bed” — his bed, and not a rope extending from the bed less than five [tefachim] or more than ten; his bed, and not threads extending from the knot beyond three fingerbreadths.

Type of Learning

Limits of bed appendages

What Is Learned

Chazal define which extensions of a bed are still considered part of the midras body itself for impurity purposes.