What is the meaning of "Tzara'as Noshenes"?
Rashi: It means that the Michyah grew on top of an old wound that is still full of pus. 1
And the healthy-looking flesh on top is only illusionary (Rashi).
Why does the Torah refer to it as ?Tzara?as Noshenes?, and not ?Se?eis Noshenes??
Why does the Torah add the word "Tzara'as Noshenes Hi"?
Sifra: To teach us that a Michyah (as opposed to two hairs) is Tamei irrespective of whether it came after the Nega or before it.
Why does the Torah need to inform us that it is an old Tzara'as?
Sifra: To teach us that the Nega is Tamei even without the Se'or Lavan and the Michyah.
Why does the Torah insert the (otherwise superfluous) words ?Lo Yasgirenu ki Tamei hu??
Sifra: ?Lo Yasgirenu? prohibits a Kohen from being Masgir a Muchlat, and ?ki Tamei hu?, from being Machlit a Musgar. 1
See Torah Temimah, note 40.
Seeing as the Kohen has declared the Metzora a Muchlat, why does it need to add "Lo Yasgirenu"?
Sifra: To teach us that if a second Nega appears on a Muchlat, the Kohen may not declare him a Musgar - until he is cured from the initial Nega.
What are the implications of the (otherwise superfluous) words "Ki Tamei Hu"?
Sifra: With reference to the previous D'rashah - Refer to 13:11:5:1 - it extends the ruling to a Musgar ? that the Kohen is not permitted to declare a Metzora who is already a Musgar a Musgar until
