נגעים
Negaim
The skin affliction of Leviticus, examined the way a priest would examine it.
The opening
מַרְאוֹת נְגָעִים שְׁנַיִם שֶׁהֵן אַרְבָּעָה. בַּהֶרֶת עַזָּה כַשֶּׁלֶג, שְׁנִיָּה לָהּ כְּסִיד הַהֵיכָל. וְהַשְּׂאֵת כִּקְרוּם בֵּיצָה, שְׁנִיָּה לָהּ כְּצֶמֶר לָבָן, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, הַשְּׂאֵת כְּצֶמֶר לָבָן, שְׁנִיָּה לָהּ כִּקְרוּם בֵּיצָה:
The signs of negaim are two which, in fact, are four. The bright spot (baheret) is bright white like snow; secondary to it is the sign as white as the lime of the Temple. The rising (se'et) is as white of the skin of an egg; secondary to it is the like white wool, the words of Rabbi Meir. But the sages say: the rising (se'et) is white wool and secondary to it is like the white of the skin of an egg.
הַפָּתוּךְ שֶׁבַּשֶּׁלֶג, כְּיַיִן הַמָּזוּג בְּשָׁלֶג, הַפָּתוּךְ שֶׁבַּסִּיד, כְּדָם הַמָּזוּג בְּחָלָב, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר, אֲדַמְדַּם שֶׁבָּזֶה וְשֶׁבָּזֶה, כְּיַיִן הַמָּזוּג בְּמַיִם, אֶלָּא שֶׁל שֶׁלֶג עַזָּה וְשֶׁל סִיד דֵּהָה מִמֶּנָּה:
The variegation of the snow-like whiteness is like wine mixed with snow. The variegation of the lime-like whiteness is like blood mixed with milk, the words of Rabbi Ishmael. Rabbi Akiva says: the reddishness in either of them is like wine mixed with water, only that in the snow-like whiteness the color is bright while in that of lime-like whiteness it is duller.
Translation
- Mishnah Yomit by Dr. Joshua KulpSefariaA translation made for Sefaria, numbered to the Hebrew it was made from.CC-BY
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