Chukas 19:13 · unit 7 — zerikah includes haza’ah

Parashas Chukas · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 13

The Complete Passuk

כָּֽל־הַנֹּגֵ֡עַ בְּמֵ֣ת בְּנֶ֩פֶשׁ֩ הָֽאָדָ֨ם אֲשֶׁר־יָמ֜וּת וְלֹ֣א יִתְחַטָּ֗א אֶת־מִשְׁכַּ֤ן יְהֹוָה֙ טִמֵּ֔א וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ הַהִ֖וא מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּי֩ מֵ֨י נִדָּ֜ה לֹא־זֹרַ֤ק עָלָיו֙ טָמֵ֣א יִהְיֶ֔ה ע֖וֹד טֻמְאָת֥וֹ בֽוֹ׃

Whoever touches a dead body, the body of a human being who dies, and does not purify himself, defiles the Mishkan of the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from Yisrael; because the water of sprinkling was not thrown upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still upon him.

Chabad.org — 19:13

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Yerushalmi Pesachim 5:6 — Rabbi Chananya says: Zerikah is included in haza’ah. Rabbi Yochanan said: And the verse supports him, for it is written “for the water of sprinkling was not thrown upon him,” even though the only act performed with it is haza’ah.

Sefaria — Yerushalmi Pesachim 5:6

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
רַבִּי חֲנַנְיָא אוֹמֵר, זְרִיקָה בִּכְלַל הַזָּיָה, אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן, וּקְרָא מְסַיְּעוֹ, דִּכְתִיב כִּי מֵי נִדָּה לֹא זֹרַק עָלָיו אַף עַל פִּי דְּלֹא קִיֵּים גַּבֵּיהּ אֶלָּא הַזָּיָה.

English: Rabbi Chananya says: Zerikah is included in haza’ah. Rabbi Yochanan said: And the verse supports him, for it is written “for the water of sprinkling was not thrown upon him,” even though the only act performed with it is haza’ah.

Type of Learning

Inclusion of one form of application within the language of another.

What Is Learned

The term “zerikah” (throwing) in this verse encompasses the act of haza’ah (sprinkling) that is actually performed with the mei niddah.