Il y a [des lois] sur une peau saine qui ne se propagent pas, et il y a des [lois] sur une peau saine qui ne se propagent pas. Car une peau saine rend [le Nega ] impur au départ, et le rend impur avec n'importe quelle apparence, et n'a en lui aucun signe [correspondant] de pureté. Il y a [aussi des lois uniques] par étalement, car l'étalement le rend impur avec n'importe quelle quantité, et rend tout Nega impur, [ainsi que s'il se répandait] en dehors du Nega , ce qui n'est pas vrai par une tache saine de peau.
Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim
בכל מראה – that is like the appearance of the flesh whether abnormally dark-complexioned whether white or whether red.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Negaim
Introduction
Today's mishnah compares the rules regarding the sign of "quick flesh" with the sign of spreading.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim
מטמא בכל שהוא – but with quick flesh it requires like a lentil.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Negaim
There are [laws] that apply to the quick flesh that do not apply to the spreading, while other restrictions apply to the spreading and do not apply to the quick flesh. An introductory statement.
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Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim
חוץ מן הנגע מה שאין כן במחיה – for the quick flesh needs to be within the plague.
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English Explanation of Mishnah Negaim
That quick flesh causes uncleanness at the beginning, it causes uncleanness whatever its color, and it is never a sign of cleanness. Quick flesh can be an initial sign of a nega. The color can be any color, even black. And even if the entire body is covered with quick flesh, he is still impure, whereas if the spreading covers the whole body, he is pure (see yesterday's mishnah).
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English Explanation of Mishnah Negaim
There are [laws] that apply to the spreading, for the spreading causes uncleanness however small its extent, it causes uncleanness in all forms of negaim and also where it is outside the leprosy sign, and these laws do not apply to the quick flesh. For quick flesh to be a sign of impurity it must be at least the size of a lentil, whereas the spreading can be even to the smallest extent. Quick flesh is a sign of impurity only in skin negaim and those found on the bald head or forehead. Finally, quick flesh is a sign only if it appears in the nega. Appearance of quick flesh elsewhere on the body is not a sign of a nega.
