Derasha 2 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 Niddah 54b (Chizkiyah).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְהַדָּוָה בְּנִדָּתָהּ — תַּנְיָא: מִנַּיִן לְדַם הַנִּדָּה שֶׁמְּטַמֵּא? אָמַר חִזְקִיָּה: אָמַר קְרָא וְהַדָּוָה בְּנִדָּתָהּ — מִדְוֶה כְּמוֹתָהּ: מַה הִיא מְטַמְּאָה, אַף מִדְוֶה מְטַמֵּא.

English: “And the one who is ill in her niddah” — it was taught: From where [do we know] that niddah blood conveys impurity? Chizkiyah said: Scripture says “and the one who is ill in her niddah” — the illness (blood) is like her: just as she conveys impurity, so does the blood.

Type of Learning

Blood itself impure

What Is Learned

Chazal derive that niddah blood is itself a source of impurity, not only the woman.