Derasha 3 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 Yevamos 34b.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
יִשְׁכַּב אִישׁ אֹתָהּ — אֹתָהּ — פְּרָט לְשֶׁלֹּא כְּדַרְכָּה.

English: “A man lies with her” — “with her” excludes [bi’ah] shelo kedarkah [from making her impure; he himself remains impure because emission left him].

Type of Learning

Normal bi’ah for her impurity

What Is Learned

Chazal limit the woman’s impurity from this verse to bi’ah kedarkah; the man’s impurity depends on emission itself.