Derasha 6 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 זָכָר לִנְקֵבָה: מַה נְּקֵבָה מְטַמְּאָה בַּיָּמִים, אַף זָכָר מְטַמֵּא בַּיָּמִים.

English: “For the male and for the female” — equates male to female: just as a female becomes impure by days, so a male becomes impure by days.

Type of Learning

Day-based structure for the male

What Is Learned

Chazal also discuss equating the male’s multi-sighting structure to the female’s day-based structure in the appropriate contexts of this verse.