Chukas 19:14 · unit 7 — extra limbs of a woman do not convey tent-impurity

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: Bechoros 45a — Extra limbs of a woman do not convey tent-impurity, as it is said “This is the Torah: a man who dies in a tent” — something that is equal in every person.

Sefaria — Bechoros 45a

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֵבָרִים הַיְּתֵרִים שֶׁבָּאִשָּׁה אֵין מְטַמְּאִין בְּאֹהֶל, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר זֹאת הַתּוֹרָה אָדָם כִּי יָמוּת בְּאֹהֶל – דָּבָר הַשָּׁוֶה בְּכָל אָדָם.

English: Extra limbs of a woman do not convey tent-impurity, as it is said “This is the Torah: a man who dies in a tent” — something that is equal in every person.

Type of Learning

Restriction to features common to all persons.

What Is Learned

Only limbs that are standard to every human being convey tent-impurity; anomalous extra limbs do not.