Derasha 1 on Metzora 15:18

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 15:18

The Complete Passuk

וְאִשָּׁה֙ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִשְׁכַּ֥ב אִ֛ישׁ אֹתָ֖הּ שִׁכְבַת־זָ֑רַע וְרָחֲצ֣וּ בַמַּ֔יִם וְטָמְא֖וּ עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Niddah 32a.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְאִשָּׁה — אֵין לִי אֶלָּא אִשָּׁה; תִּינוֹקֶת בַּת שָׁלֹשׁ שָׁנִים וְיוֹם אֶחָד לְבִיאָה מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר וְאִשָּׁה.

English: “And a woman” — I have only an adult woman; from where [do we include] a girl of three years and one day for bi’ah? Scripture teaches “and a woman.”

Type of Learning

Age threshold for female impurity from bi’ah

What Is Learned

Chazal include a girl from three years and one day in the impurity consequences of this verse.