Commentary for Negaim 3:4
הַשְּׁחִין וְהַמִּכְוָה מִטַּמְּאִין בְּשָׁבוּעַ אֶחָד וּבִשְׁנֵי סִימָנִין, בְּשֵׂעָר לָבָן וּבְפִסְיוֹן. בְּשֵׂעָר לָבָן, בַּתְּחִלָּה, בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ, לְאַחַר הַפְּטוּר. וּבְפִסְיוֹן, בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ, לְאַחַר הַפְּטוּר. וּמִטַּמְּאִין בְּשָׁבוּעַ אֶחָד, שֶׁהוּא שִׁבְעַת יָמִים:
[A <i>Nega</i> in the area of] a boil or a burn is made impure after a week or through two signs: white hair or expansion. Regarding white hair, [it causes impurity] initially, at the end of the week [of quarantine], or after the exemption. Regarding expansion, at the end of the week [or] after the exemption. And they are made impure after one week, which is seven days.
Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim
השחין המכוה מטמאים בשבוע אחד – for the rest of the plagues have two locking-ups, but if it did not spread during the first week, and a white hair did not appear, he releases him. And the language of מיטמאין/made unclean/impure that it (i.e., the Mishnah) uses, this is what he (i.e., the Mishnah) said: When these two tokens/signs came at the end of one week, but if they didn’t come, he is pure/clean.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Negaim
A boil or a burn becomes unclean for one week and by one of the following two tokens: by white hair or by a spreading.
By white hair, in the beginning, at the end of the week, or after it has been pronounced clean.
"Or by a spreading:" At the end of the week, or after it had been declared clean. They become unclean for a week which is seven days.
Section one: The Torah mentions a nega found in a boil or a burn (Leviticus 13: 18, 25). But it does not mention a two week period of isolation in connection with such a nega. Therefore, a person can become impure after only one week of isolation. Also, quick flesh is not a sign here, as it was for a nega found on regular skin.
Sections two and three: These are the same as yesterday's mishnah, except there are only two signs and the uncleanness happens after one week, not two.
By white hair, in the beginning, at the end of the week, or after it has been pronounced clean.
"Or by a spreading:" At the end of the week, or after it had been declared clean. They become unclean for a week which is seven days.
Section one: The Torah mentions a nega found in a boil or a burn (Leviticus 13: 18, 25). But it does not mention a two week period of isolation in connection with such a nega. Therefore, a person can become impure after only one week of isolation. Also, quick flesh is not a sign here, as it was for a nega found on regular skin.
Sections two and three: These are the same as yesterday's mishnah, except there are only two signs and the uncleanness happens after one week, not two.
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