Derasha 7 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 Toras Kohanim.
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
כָּל יְמֵי — אֵין לִי אֶלָּא שְׁלֹשָׁה; שְׁנֵי יָמִים מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר יְמֵי; יוֹם אֶחָד מִנַּיִן? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר כָּל יְמֵי.
English: “All the days” — I have only three; two days from where? Scripture teaches “days”; one day from where? Scripture teaches “all the days.”
Type of Learning
Minor zavah of one or two days
What Is Learned
Chazal include one- and two-day sightings as zavah ketanah (with different consequences from the three-day major zavah).