Chukas 19:14 · unit 1 — excludes a silonit

Parashas Chukas · Aliyah 1 · Passuk 14

The Complete Passuk

זֹ֚את הַתּוֹרָ֔ה אָדָ֖ם כִּֽי־יָמ֣וּת בְּאֹ֑הֶל כָּל־הַבָּ֤א אֶל־הָאֹ֙הֶל֙ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּאֹ֔הֶל יִטְמָ֖א שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִֽים׃

This is the Torah: when a man dies in a tent, all who come into the tent and all that is in the tent shall be unclean seven days.

Chabad.org — 19:14

Source Citation

Torah Temimah: Torat Kohanim (Shemini 11:10) — “Adam” — to exclude a silonit.

Sefaria — Sifra

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אָדָם – לְהוֹצִיא אֶת הַסִּילוֹנִית.

English: “Adam” — to exclude a silonit.

Type of Learning

Exclusion of a non-human or defective form from the category “adam.”

What Is Learned

The laws of tent-impurity from a corpse apply to a human being; a silonit is excluded from the category that generates this impurity.