Halakhah for Negaim 4:10
בַּהֶרֶת כַּגְּרִיס וּפָשְׂתָה כַגְּרִיס, נוֹלְדָה לַפִּסְיוֹן מִחְיָה אוֹ שֵׂעָר לָבָן, וְהָלַךְ לָהּ הָאוֹם, רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא מְטַמֵּא, וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, תֵּרָאֶה בַתְּחִלָּה. בַּהֶרֶת כַּחֲצִי גְרִיס וְאֵין בָּהּ כְּלוּם, נוֹלְדָה בַהֶרֶת כַּחֲצִי גְרִיס וּבָהּ שַׂעֲרָה אַחַת, הֲרֵי זוֹ לְהַסְגִּיר. בַּהֶרֶת כַּחֲצִי גְרִיס וּבָהּ שַׂעֲרָה אַחַת, נוֹלְדָה בַהֶרֶת כַּחֲצִי גְרִיס וּבָהּ שַׂעֲרָה אַחַת, הֲרֵי זוֹ לְהַסְגִּיר. בַּהֶרֶת כַּחֲצִי גְרִיס וּבָהּ שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת, נוֹלְדָה בַהֶרֶת כַּחֲצִי גְרִיס וּבָהּ שַׂעֲרָה אַחַת, הֲרֵי זוֹ לְהַסְגִּיר:
A <i>Baheret</i> like [the size of] a bean that expands like a bean [and] the expansion develops a healthy patch of skin or white hair but the original <i>Nega</i> goes away from it, Rabbi Akiva calls it impure and the Sages say: It should be seen as if it was the first [time]. A <i>Baheret</i> like [the size of] half a bean and there is nothing in it, [if another] <i>Baheret</i> [the size of] half a bean develops and there is one white hair in it, behold this [person] must be quarantined. A <i>Baheret</i> [the size of] half a bean with one [white] hair in it, [if another] <i>Baheret</i> [the size of] half a bean with one hair develops, behold this [person] must be quarantined. A <i>Baheret</i> [the size of] half a bean with two [white] hairs in it, [if another] <i>Baheret</i> [the size of] half a bean with one hair develops, this [person] must be quarantined.
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