Derasha 1 on Metzora 15:33

Parashas Metzora · Passuk 15:33

The Complete Passuk

וְהַדָּוָה֙ בְּנִדָּתָ֔הּ וְהַזָּב֙ אֶת־זוֹב֔וֹ לַזָּכָ֖ר וְלַנְּקֵבָ֑ה וּלְאִ֕ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִשְׁכַּ֖ב עִם־טְמֵאָֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temima points to Shabbos 64b (early elders / R’ Akiva).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְהַדָּוָה בְּנִדָּתָהּ — תַּנְיָא: זְקֵנִים הָרִאשׁוֹנִים הָיוּ אוֹמְרִים וְהַדָּוָה בְּנִדָּתָהּ — שֶׁלֹּא תִּכְחֹל וְלֹא תִּפְקֹס וְלֹא תִּתְקַשֵּׁט בִּבְגָדֵי צִבְעוֹנִין.

English: “And the one who is ill in her niddah” — it was taught: The early elders used to say “and the one who is ill in her niddah” — that she should not paint her eyes, nor rouge, nor adorn herself with colored garments.

Type of Learning

Early restriction on adornment

What Is Learned

The early elders restricted a niddah’s adornment; R’ Akiva later taught that this itself could lead a husband to divorce, and the verse is read as requiring her to remain in niddah status until immersion.