Derasha 2 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׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Niddah 43a.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
כִּי תֵצֵא מִמֶּנּוּ — בַּעַל קֶרִי אֵינוֹ מְטַמֵּא עַד שֶׁתֵּצֵא טֻמְאָתוֹ לַחוּץ, דִּכְתִיב כִּי תֵצֵא מִמֶּנּוּ.

English: “When it goes out from him” — a baal keri does not convey impurity until his impurity exits outward, as it is written “when it goes out from him.”

Type of Learning

Exit required

What Is Learned

Chazal require that the emission actually leave the body before impurity begins.