Derasha 1 on Metzora 15:17

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 15:17

The Complete Passuk

וְכָל־בֶּ֣גֶד וְכָל־ע֔וֹר אֲשֶׁר־יִהְיֶ֥ה עָלָ֖יו שִׁכְבַת־זָ֑רַע וְכֻבַּ֥ס בַּמַּ֖יִם וְטָמֵ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Toras Kohanim.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
יִהְיֶה עָלָיו שִׁכְבַת זֶרַע — נֶאֱמַר כָּאן שִׁכְבַת זֶרַע וְנֶאֱמַר לְהַלָּן אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכַּב אִישׁ אֹתָהּ שִׁכְבַת זָרַע: מַה לְּהַלָּן כִּבְרִיָּתָהּ, אַף כָּאן כִּבְרִיָּתָהּ.

English: “There shall be upon it shichvas zera” — it is said here shichvas zera and it is said there “with whom a man lies shichvas zera”: just as there [it must be] in its natural viable state, so here in its natural viable state.

Type of Learning

Viable emission required

What Is Learned

Chazal require that the emission on the garment still be in a state capable of fertilization; spoiled emission does not convey this impurity.