Derasha 7 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 — לַזָּכָר לְרַבּוֹת מְצֹרָע לְמַעְיְנוֹתָיו; לַנְּקֵבָה לְרַבּוֹת מְצֹרַעַת לְמַעְיְנוֹתֶיהָ.

English: “For the male and for the female” — “for the male” to include a metzora regarding his emissions; “for the female” to include a metzora’as regarding her emissions.

Type of Learning

Inclusion of metzora emissions

What Is Learned

Chazal extend certain emission impurities of this chapter to a metzora and metzora’as as well.