Derasha 1 on Metzora 15:26

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 15:26

The Complete Passuk

כָּל־הַמִּשְׁכָּ֞ב אֲשֶׁר־תִּשְׁכַּ֤ב עָלָיו֙ כָּל־יְמֵ֣י זוֹבָ֔הּ כְּמִשְׁכַּ֥ב נִדָּתָ֖הּ יִֽהְיֶה־לָּ֑הּ וְכָֽל־הַכְּלִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֵּשֵׁ֣ב עָלָ֔יו טָמֵ֣א יִהְיֶ֔ה כְּטֻמְאַ֖ת נִדָּתָֽהּ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Toras Kohanim.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text

כְּמִשְׁכַּב נִדָּתָהּ יִהְיֶה לָּהּ — תַּנְיָא: מִנַּיִן שֶׁסּוֹפֶרֶת אֶחָד לְאֶחָד? תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר יִהְיֶה לָּהּ.

English: “Like the bed of her niddah it shall be for her” — it was taught: From where [do we know] that she counts one against one (shomeres yom keneged yom)? Scripture teaches “it shall be for her.”

Type of Learning

Shomeres yom keneged yom

What Is Learned

Chazal derive the rule that a minor zavah (one or two days) observes the following day as a clean day corresponding to the sighting day.

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