Derasha 5 on Behaalosecha 9:13

Parashas Behaalosecha · Aliyah 3 · Passuk 13

The Complete Passuk

וְהָאִ֞ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־ה֣וּא טָה֗וֹר וּבְדֶ֙רֶךְ֙ לֹא־הָיָ֔ה וְחָדַל֙ לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת הַפֶּ֔סַח וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מֵֽעַמֶּ֑יהָ כִּ֣י ׀ קׇרְבַּ֣ן יְהֹוָ֗ה לֹ֤א הִקְרִיב֙ בְּמֹ֣עֲד֔וֹ חֶטְא֥וֹ יִשָּׂ֖א הָאִ֥ישׁ הַהֽוּא׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah (Pesachim 93a): those who do the second include shogegin, anusin, mezidin, tamei, and one who was on a distant road.

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תָּנוּ רַבָּנַן, אֵלּוּ שֶׁעוֹשִׂין אֶת הַשֵּׁנִי: הַזָּבִין וְהַזָּבוֹת, הַמְצוֹרָעִין וְהַמְצוֹרָעוֹת, [וְנִדּוֹת] וּבוֹעֲלֵי נִדּוֹת וְהַיּוֹלְדוֹת, הַשּׁוֹגְגִין וְהָאֲנוּסִין וְהַמְּזִידִין, וְטָמֵא וְשֶׁהָיָה בְּדֶרֶךְ רְחוֹקָה.

English: The Sages taught: these are they who offer the second: zavim and zavot, metzoraim and metzoraot, [niddot] and those who had relations with niddot and women who gave birth, the shogegin and the anusin and the mezidin, and one who is tamei and one who was on a distant road.

Type of Learning

Status-change and barrier cases — the second month catches those who only became able or obligated after the first had passed.

What Is Learned

The Torah anticipates people whose legal capacity or purity status changes mid-season.