Derasha 4 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 Toras Kohanim.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְיָדָיו לֹא שָׁטַף — כְּיָדָיו: מַה יָדָיו בַּנִּרְאֶה, אַף כֹּל בַּנִּרְאֶה — פְּרָט לְבֵית הַסְּתָרִים שֶׁאֵין צָרִיךְ טְבִילָה.

English: “And his hands he did not rinse” — like his hands: just as his hands are in the visible [parts], so everything [requires immersion] in the visible — excluding hidden places that do not require immersion.

Type of Learning

Visible limbs for immersion

What Is Learned

Chazal limit the immersion requirement to exposed parts of the body; beis haseetarim need not be immersed.