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Negaim 8:10-9:1

Negaim 8:10

One who shows his nega to a kohein might benefit from it, or he might suffer a disadvantage, as follows: if one was confirmed unclean and the signs of his impurity disappeared, and the nega broke out all over him before he could show it to a kohein, he is ritually clean; had he shown it to the kohein, he would have been ritually unclean. If he had a white spot with nothing else in it and it broke out all over him before he could show it to a kohein, he is ritually unclean; had he shown it to the kohein, he would have been ritually clean.

Negaim 9:1

A boil or a burn may be rendered unclean for a week by two signs: white hair or spreading. A boil is an injury that one receives from wood, stone, olive residue, the waters of Tiberias or anything else whose heat is not generated from fire. A burn is caused by a live coal, hot ashes or anything whose heat comes from fire.

Author: Rabbi Jack Abramowitz