Commentaire sur Nega'im 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:
Un prêtre qui est aveugle à l'un de ses yeux, ou dont l'éclat de la vision s'émousse, ne peut pas examiner le Negaïm , comme il le dit (Lévitique 13:12) "Selon tout ce qui apparaît aux yeux du prêtre." [En examinant] une maison sombre, on n'y ouvre pas les fenêtres pour [mieux] examiner sa Nega .
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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