Halakhah for Negaim 1:2

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 <i>Patukh</i> [red-tinge] in the snow [white patch] is like wine poured into snow. The <i>Patukh</i> in the lime [patch] is like blood poured into milk. These are the words of Rabbi Yishmael. Rabbi Akiva says: The ruddiness of this [one] and that [one] is like wine poured into water, except that of the snow [patch] is brighter and that of the lime is duller than it.

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