If a tahor person touches these things what is his status?
Parshat Metzora
For the week ending 12 April 2008 / 7 Nisan 5768
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All references are to the verses and Rashi's commentary, unless otherwise stated.
- 14:2 - At night.
- 14:3 - Outside the three camps.
- 14:4 - Tzara'at comes as a punishment for lashon hara. Therefore, the Torah requires the metzora to offer birds, who chatter constantly, to atone for his sin of chattering.
- 14:4 - The cedar is a lofty tree. It alludes to the fact that tzara'at comes as a punishment for haughtiness.
- 14:9 - Any visible collection of hair on the body.
- 14:10 - They require n'sachim (drink offerings).
- 14:11 - At the gate of Nikanor.
- 14:13 - On the northern side of the mizbe'ach.
- 14:34 - The Amorites concealed treasures in the walls of their houses. After the conquest of the Land, tzara'at would afflict these houses. The Jewish owner would tear down the house and find the treasures.
- 14:36 - It is tahor.
- 14:36 - They become tamei.
- 14:36 - Earthenware vessels.
- 14:40 - In places where tahor objects were not handled.
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- 14:44-45 - It is called "tzara'at mam'eret," and the house must be demolished;
- 14:48 - the house is pronounced tahor;
- 14:44 - The house must be demolished.
- 14:46 - When he remains in the house long enough to eat a small meal.
- 15:2 -
- He is tamei;
- he is tamei and is also required to bring a korban.
- 15:4-5 - Only a type of object that one usually lies or sits upon becomes a transmitter of tumah when a zav sits or lies on it. A tahor person who subsequently touches the object becomes tamei and the clothes he is wearing are also tmei'im. Therefore:
- tamei;
- tahor;
- tamei;
- tahor.
- 15:11 - One who has not immersed in a mikveh.
- 15:13 - After seven consecutive days without a flow.
- 15:32 - He is tamei until evening.












