Derasha 2 on Metzora 15:28

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 15:28

The Complete Passuk

וְאִֽם־טָהֲרָ֖ה מִזּוֹבָ֑הּ וְסָ֥פְרָה לָּ֛הּ שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים וְאַחַ֥ר תִּטְהָֽר׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Shmuel (via Rav Chinena bar Kahana).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְסָפְרָה לָּהּ — תַּנְיָא, אָמַר רַב חִינְנָא בַּר כָּהֲנָא אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל: מִנַּיִן לְנִדָּה שֶׁסּוֹפֶרֶת לְעַצְמָהּ? שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר וְסָפְרָה לָּהּ — לְעַצְמָהּ.

English: “And she shall count for herself” — it was taught: Rav Chinena bar Kahana said in the name of Shmuel: From where [do we know] that a niddah counts for herself? As it is stated “and she shall count for herself” — for herself.

Type of Learning

Self-attestation of the count

What Is Learned

Chazal establish that she is believed regarding her own count of clean days without requiring witnesses.