Derasha 1 on Metzora 15:12

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 15:12

The Complete Passuk

וּכְלִי־חֶ֛רֶשׂ אֲשֶׁר־יִגַּע־בּ֥וֹ הַזָּ֖ב יִשָּׁבֵ֑ר וְכָל־כְּלִי־עֵ֔ץ יִשָּׁטֵ֖ף בַּמָּֽיִם׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Toras Kohanim.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֲשֶׁר יִגַּע בּוֹ — נֶאֱמַר כָּאן בּוֹ וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן אֲשֶׁר תְּבֻשַּׁל בּוֹ: מַה תַּם מֵאֲוִירוֹ, אַף כָּאן מֵאֲוִירוֹ — וְלֹא מֵאֲחוֹרָיו.

English: “That he touches” — it is said here “bo” and it is said there “in which it is cooked”: just as there [impurity is] through its airspace, so here through its airspace — and not from its exterior.

Type of Learning

Earthenware: airspace only

What Is Learned

Chazal apply the standard rule of earthenware vessels: the zav’s impurity affects them through their interior airspace, not from the outside.