Ki Seitzei 23:10 · unit 1

TT #343 · Parashas Ki Seitzei · Fourth Aliyah · Passuk 23:10

The Complete Passuk

כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֤ה בְךָ֙ אִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־לֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה טָה֖וֹר מִקְּרֵה־לָ֑יְלָה וְיָצָא֙ אֶל־מִח֣וּץ לַֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה לֹ֥א יָבֹ֖א אֶל־תּ֥וֹךְ הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃

If there is among you a man who is not clean by reason of a nocturnal occurrence, then he shall go outside the camp; he shall not come into the midst of the camp.

Chabad.org — 23:10

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei Devarim 254.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִהְיֶה טָהוֹר מִקְּרֵה לַיְלָה – בַּעַל קֶרִי.

English: “Who is not clean by reason of a nocturnal occurrence” — one who has had a seminal emission.

On the daf / in context: The verse requires a man who experiences a keri to leave the camp temporarily.

Type of Learning

Definitional derash.

What Is Learned

A man who has a nocturnal emission must go outside the camp.