Derasha 3 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 55b.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וְהַזָּב אֶת זוֹבוֹ — מַקִּישׁ זוֹבוֹ לוֹ: מַה הוּא לֹא חָלַקְתָּ בֵּין מַשָּׂאוֹ לְמַגָּעוֹ לִטַמֵּא אָדָם לִטַמֵּא בְּגָדִים, אַף זוֹבוֹ כֵּן.

English: “And the zav with his flux” — equates his flux to him: just as regarding him you did not distinguish between his carrying and his contact for conveying impurity to a person and to garments, so too regarding his flux.

Type of Learning

Flux equal to the person

What Is Learned

Chazal give the zav’s flux the same impurity profile as the zav himself regarding contact and carrying.