Derasha 1 on Metzora 15:08

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 15:08

The Complete Passuk

וְכִֽי־יָרֹ֛ק הַזָּ֖ב בַּטָּה֑וֹר וְכִבֶּ֧ס 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
וְכִי יָרֹק — אֵין לִי אֶלָּא רֻקּוֹ; כִּיחוֹ וְנִיעוֹ וּמֵי הָאַף שֶׁלּוֹ מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וְכִי יָרֹק.

English: “And if he spits” — I have only his spit; his sputum, his nasal mucus, and the fluid of his nose — from where? Scripture teaches “and if he spits.”

Type of Learning

Expansion of oral/nasal fluids

What Is Learned

Chazal include related fluids of the zav (sputum, mucus) under the impurity of spit.