Derasha 1 on Metzora 15:16

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 15:16

The Complete Passuk

וְאִ֕ישׁ כִּֽי־תֵצֵ֥א מִמֶּ֖נּוּ שִׁכְבַת־זָ֑רַע וְרָחַ֥ץ בַּמַּ֛יִם אֶת־כָּל־בְּשָׂר֖וֹ וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

Torah Temima points to Niddah 32b.

Core Text

וְאִישׁ — אֵין לִי אֶלָּא אִישׁ; בֶּן תֵּשַׁע שָׁנִים וְיוֹם אֶחָד מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וְאִישׁ.

English: “And a man” — I have only an adult man; from where [do we include] a nine-year-and-one-day-old? Scripture teaches “and a man.”

Inclusion of minor capable of emission

Chazal include a boy from age nine years and one day in the impurity of shichvas zera when emission is possible.