Derasha 6 on Metzora 15:19

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 15:19

The Complete Passuk

וְאִשָּׁה֙ כִּֽי־תִהְיֶ֣ה זָבָ֔ה דָּ֛ם יִהְיֶ֥ה זֹבָ֖הּ בִּבְשָׂרָ֑הּ שִׁבְעַ֤ת יָמִים֙ תִּהְיֶ֣ה בְנִדָּתָ֔הּ וְכָל־הַנֹּגֵ֥עַ בָּ֖הּ יִטְמָ֥א עַד־הָעָֽרֶב׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Niddah 57b.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
בִּבְשָׂרָהּ — עַד שֶׁתַּרְגִּישׁ בִּבְשָׂרָהּ.

English: “In her flesh” — until she senses [it] in her flesh.

Type of Learning

Sensation (hargashah) required

What Is Learned

Chazal require a sensed onset of the blood for niddah impurity; a stain alone without sensation does not establish it in the same way.