Kommentar zu Negaim 2:3
כֹּהֵן הַסּוּמָא בְאַחַת מֵעֵינָיו, אוֹ שֶׁכָּהָה מְאוֹר עֵינָיו, לֹא יִרְאֶה אֶת הַנְּגָעִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ויקרא יג), לְכָל מַרְאֵה עֵינֵי הַכֹּהֵן. בַּיִת הָאָפֵל, אֵין פּוֹתְחִין בּוֹ חַלּוֹנוֹת לִרְאוֹת אֶת נִגְעוֹ:
Ein Priester, der in einem seiner Augen blind ist oder dessen Sehhelligkeit nachlässt , darf den Negaim nicht untersuchen , wie es heißt (3. Mose 13,12). "Nach allem, was den Augen des Priesters erscheint." Wenn man ein dunkles Haus untersucht, öffnet man keine Fenster darin, um seine Nega besser zu untersuchen .
Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim
אין פותחין לו חלונות – as it is written (Leviticus 14:35): “Something like a plague has appeared [upon my house]”/"כנגע נראה לי [בבית]" – to me but not to my light (i.e., the Lord’s light), from here they (i.e., the Sages) said: In a dark house, they don’t open for him the windows.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Negaim
A priest who is blind in one eye or the light of whose eyes is dim should not inspect negaim; for it says, "Wherever the priest's eyes can see" (Leviticus 13:12). The priest must have two fully functioning eyes in order to examine negaim.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Negaim
In a dark house one may not open up windows in order to inspect his nega. A "dark house" is a house that doesn't have any windows. One should not open up new windows in such a house in order to examine a nega. However, Albeck notes that if a house already has windows, they may be opened to examine the nega.
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