Derasha 4 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 Toras Kohanim.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
לַזָּכָר וְלַנְּקֵבָה — מַקִּישׁ נְקֵבָה לְזָכָר: מַה זָכָר מֵבִיא קָרְבָּן עַל הַוַּדַּאי וְעַל הַסָּפֵק, אַף נְקֵבָה מְבִיאָה קָרְבָּן עַל הַוַּדַּאי וְעַל הַסָּפֵק.

English: “For the male and for the female” — equates female to male: just as a male brings an offering for the certain and for the doubtful, so a female brings an offering for the certain and for the doubtful.

Type of Learning

Equal sacrifice rules by gender

What Is Learned

Chazal apply the same certainty/doubt offering rules to the female as to the male in this chapter’s framework.