Derasha 3 on Metzora 15:23

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 15:23

The Complete Passuk

וְאִם־עַ֥ל הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ב ה֑וּא א֧וֹ עַל־הַכְּלִ֛י אֲשֶׁר־הִ֥יא יֹשֶֽׁבֶת־עָלָ֖יו בְּנָגְעוֹ־ב֥וֹ יִטְמָֽא׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Toras Kohanim.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֲשֶׁר הִיא יֹשֶׁבֶת — הִיא וְלֹא דָּמָהּ.

English: “On which she sits” — she, and not her blood.

Type of Learning

Person vs. blood as source of midras

What Is Learned

Chazal teach that only the niddah herself makes her bed an av hatumah for people and clothes; her blood alone makes a bed only a rishon, conveying impurity by contact and carrying but not as full midras of her body.