Derasha 6 on Metzora 15:25
Parashas Metzora · Passuk 15:25
The Complete Passuk
וְאִשָּׁ֡ה כִּֽי־יָזוּב֩ ז֨וֹב דָּמָ֜הּ יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֗ים בְּלֹא֙ עֶת־נִדָּתָ֔הּ א֥וֹ כִֽי־תָז֖וּב עַל־נִדָּתָ֑הּ כָּל־יְמֵ֞י ז֣וֹב טֻמְאָתָ֗הּ כִּימֵ֧י נִדָּתָ֛הּ תִּהְיֶ֖ה טְמֵאָ֥ה הִֽוא׃
Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi
Source Citation
Torah Temima points to Niddah (Rav Shemayah / R’ Abba dialogue).
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
עַל נִדָּתָהּ — אָמַר לֵיהּ רַב שְׁמַעְיָה לְרַבִּי אַבָּא: אֵימָא בִּימָמָא תֶּהֱוֵי זָבָה, בְּלֵילְיָא תֶּהֱוֵי נִדָּה? אָמַר לֵיהּ: עָלֶיךָ אָמַר קְרָא עַל נִדָּתָהּ — סָמוּךְ לְנִדָּתָהּ; סָמוּךְ לְנִדָּתָהּ אֵימַת הָוֵי? בַּלַּיְלָה, וְקָא קָרֵי לַהּ זָבָה.
English: “Upon her niddah” — Rav Shemayah said to R’ Abba: Say that by day she is a zavah and by night a niddah? He replied: Regarding you Scripture said “upon her niddah” — adjacent to her niddah; when is it adjacent to her niddah? At night — and it still calls her a zavah.
Type of Learning
Night sightings within zivah
What Is Learned
Chazal include nighttime sightings in the zivah count, not only daytime.