Derasha 2 on Metzora 15:11

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 15:11

The Complete Passuk

וְכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִגַּע־בּוֹ֙ הַזָּ֔ב וְיָדָ֖יו לֹא־שָׁטַ֣ף בַּמָּ֑יִם וְכִבֶּ֧ס בְּגָדָ֛יו וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Niddah 63a (verified on the daf).

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

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִגַּע בּוֹ — אָמַר רֵישׁ לָקִישׁ: וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִגַּע בּוֹ הַזָּב וְיָדָיו לֹא שָׁטַף בַּמַּיִם — זֶהוּ הֱסִיטוֹ זָב.

English: “And whoever he touches” — Reish Lakish said: “And whoever the zav touches and his hands he did not rinse in water” — this is the case of heset by a zav.

Type of Learning

Heset (shifting) of the zav

What Is Learned

Chazal derive from this verse the impurity of heset — impurity caused by the zav shifting an object by his body movement.