Derasha 7 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
וַאֲשֶׁר תֵּצֵא וגו׳ — וְלְמַעְלָה כְּתִיב זֹאת תּוֹרַת הַזָּב: הֻקַּשׁ לְזָב — מַה זִיבָה סוֹתֶרֶת בַּזָּב, אַף שִׁכְבַת זֶרַע סוֹתֶרֶת בַּזָּב.

English: “And one from whom [shichvas zera] goes out” — and above it is written “This is the Torah of the zav”: it is equated to a zav — just as a flux interrupts [the seven clean days] for a zav, so shichvas zera interrupts for a zav.

Type of Learning

Seed emission interrupts the count

What Is Learned

Chazal teach that emission of seed during a zav’s seven clean days resets the count, just as a new flux would.