Leviticus 15: Don't Tread on Me

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Jan 22, 2026 · 2m

“Anyone who touches his bed must wash their clothes and bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening (verse 5: וְהַנֹּגֵעַ בְּמִשְׁכָּבוֹ יְכַבֵּס בְּגָדָיו וְרָחַץ בַּמַּיִם וְטָמֵא עַד־הָעָרֶב׃). During the discussion of the zav, someone who most likely had a bacterial infection of their genitals, the torah introduces the concept of midras. In the complicated regime of tumah and tahara- purity and impurity-, certain levels of impurity impart impurity in different ways to others. A main source of tumah- or av ha tuma- imparts impurity mostly by coming in contact with another…