Derasha 5 on Metzora 15:32

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 15:32

The Complete Passuk

זֹ֥את תּוֹרַ֖ת הַזָּ֑ב וַאֲשֶׁ֨ר תֵּצֵ֥א מִמֶּ֛נּוּ שִׁכְבַת־זֶ֖רַע לְטׇמְאָה־בָֽהּ׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Toras Kohanim.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
זֹאת תּוֹרַת הַזָּב וַאֲשֶׁר תֵּצֵא מִמֶּנּוּ שִׁכְבַת זֶרַע — הֻקְּשָׁה תּוֹרַת שִׁכְבַת זֶרַע לְתוֹרַת הַזָּב: מַה זָב מְטַמֵּא בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה יָמִים, אַף שִׁכְבַת זֶרַע מְטַמְּאָה בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה יָמִים.

English: “This is the Torah of the zav and one from whom shichvas zera goes out” — the Torah of shichvas zera is equated to the Torah of the zav: just as a zav [has a structure involving] three days, so shichvas zera conveys impurity for three days.

Type of Learning

Duration of seed impurity

What Is Learned

Chazal link the viable duration of seed impurity to a three-day framework (as discussed in Shabbos regarding the number of onos).