## Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim Chapter 7

###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:1:1
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**אֵלּוּ בֶהָרוֹת טְהוֹרוֹת.** שֶׁהָיוּ בוֹ קֹדֶם מַתַּן תּוֹרָה. מִי שֶׁהָיְתָה בּוֹ צָרַעַת קֹדֶם מַתַּן תּוֹרָה, לֹא הָיָה טָמֵא מֵחֲמַת אוֹתוֹ נֶגַע לְאַחַר מַתַּן תּוֹרָה, דִּכְתִיב (ויקרא יג) אָדָם כִּי יִהְיֶה בְעוֹר בְּשָׂרוֹ, פְּרָט לָזֶה שֶׁכְּבָר הָיָה. וְכָל הָנֵי נַמִּי דַּחֲשִׁיב, מֵהָתָם נָפְקֵי, דְּבָעִינַן שֶׁיִּוָּלֵד הַנֶּגַע בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁרָאוּי לִטַּמֵּא בוֹ וְלֹא קֹדֶם, כְּמוֹ גֵּר עַד שֶׁלֹּא נִתְגַּיֵּר וְקָטָן עַד שֶׁלֹּא נוֹלַד, וְכֵן כֻּלָּם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
אלו בהרות טהורות שהיו בו קודם מתן תורה – whomever had on him leprosy prior to the Giving of the Torah, was not impure on account of that plague after the Giving of the Torah, as it is written (Leviticus 13:2): “When a person has on the skin of his body,” excluding what already was. And all these were also considered, from there they are derived, that we require that the plague would come to be at the time that it is appropriate to be defiled by it and not beforehand, like a convert until he had not converted and a minor until he had not been born. And similarly, all of them.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:1:2
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**בְּקֶמֶט וְנִתְגַּלָּה.** שֶׁהָיָה מִתְּחִלָּה הַנֶּגַע מֻסְתָּר בְּתוֹךְ הַקֶּמֶט וְהָיָה טָהוֹר מִפְּנֵי שֶׁהוּא בְבֵית הַסְּתָרִים, וְאַחַר כָּךְ נִתְגַּלָּה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בקמט ונתגלה – that it was from the outset concealed within the wrinkle/fold and he was ritually pure, because it was in a covered part of the body/posterior, but afterwards, it was revealed.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:1:3
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**וּבַמּוֹרְדִים.** כְּלוֹמַר בִּשְׁחִין וּמִכְוָה הַמּוֹרְדִים שֶׁלֹּא נִתְרַפְּאוּ וְלֹא הֶעֱלוּ קְרוּם כִּקְלִפַּת הַשּׁוּם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ובמורדים – meaning to say with boils and burns, the scars that did not deal and did not produce a scab like the husk of the garlic.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:1:4
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**עַד שֶׁלֹּא הֶעֱלוּ שֵׂעָר.** בָּא הַנֶּגַע, דַּחֲשִׁיבֵי כְּעוֹר בָּשָׂר, הַיְנוּ תְּחִלָּתָן טֻמְאָה. וּכְשֶׁעָלוּ שְׂעָרוֹת, הָוֵי טָהֳרָה, שֶׁדִּינָן בִּנְתָקִים. וּכְשֶׁנִּקְרְחוּ, הַיְנוּ סוֹפָן טֻמְאָה. וְכֵן שְׁחִין וּמִכְוָה וְקֶדַח דְּעַד שֶׁלֹּא בָאוּ בָּא הַנֶּגַע, הַיְנוּ טֻמְאָה. וּכְשֶׁבָּא הַשְּׁחִין וְהַמִּכְוָה וְהַקֶּדַח, הַיְנוּ טָהֳרָה. דְּבָעִינַן שֶׁיַּקְדִּים הַשְּׁחִין וְהַמִּכְוָה לַשְּׂאֵת, דִּכְתִיב (ויקרא יג) וְהָיָה בִּמְקוֹם הַשְּׁחִין שְׂאֵת, שֶׁיַּקְדִּים הַשְּׁחִין לַשְּׂאֵת וְלֹא שֶׁתַּקְדִּים הַשְּׂאֵת לַשְּׁחִין. כְּשֶׁחָזְרוּ וְנַעֲשׂוּ צָרֶבֶת, הַיְנוּ טֻמְאָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עד שלא העלו שער – the plague comes, that it is considered like the skin of the flesh, that is the beginning of defilement. But when the hairs arose, it was pure, for its law is like bald or blanched spots on the head or the beard, but when they became bald, that is, their end is defilement. And similarly, boils, and burnt spots on the skin and baldness, that until they did not come, the plague came, that is defilement. But when the boils, burnt spots on the skin and the baldness came, that is purity. For we require that the boils and the burnt spots on the skin come prior to the swelling/sore, as it is written (Leviticus 13:19): “And a white swelling or a white discoloration streaked with red develops where the inflammation was,”/"והיה במקום השחין שאת" , that the boils precede the swelling/sore and not that the swelling/sore precedes the boils. And when they returned and became a scar, that is defilement.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:1:5
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**וְחָיוּ.** שֶׁנִּתְרַפְּאוּ יָפֶה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
והיו – that they healed properly/nicely.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:1:6
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**רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב מְטַמֵּא.** כֵּיוָן דְּבַתְּחִלָּה בָּא הַנֶּגַע בְּעוֹר הַבָּשָׂר וְחָזַר סוֹפוֹ לְקַדְמוּתוֹ, לֹא חָיְשִׁינַן לְהֶפְסֵק שֶׁבֵּינְתַיִם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
רבי אליעזר בן יעקב מטמא – since at the outset the plague came in the skin of the flesh, and it returned at its end to its initial status, we are not concerned about the interruption that is between them.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:1:7
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**וַחֲכָמִים מְטַהֲרִים.** הוֹאִיל וְהִפְסִיק הַטָּהֳרָה שֶׁבֵּינְתַיִם. וַהֲלָכָה כַּחֲכָמִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
וחכמים מטהרים – since the purity stopped in the meantime. And the Halakha is according to the Sages.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:2:1
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**נִשְׁתַּנּוּ מַרְאֵיהֶן.** אַבֶּהָרוֹת טְהוֹרוֹת קָאֵי. כְּגוֹן דַּהֲוָת כַּשֶּׁלֶג עַד שֶׁלֹּא נִתְגַּיֵּר, וּמִשֶּׁנִּתְגַּיֵּר נַעֲשֵׂית כְּסִיד הַהֵיכָל:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נשתנו מראיהן – it refers to the bright white spots on the skin that are pure, as for example, that it was like snow until he (i.e., a non-Jew) converted, but when he converted [to Judaism] it became like the lime in the Temple.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:2:2
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**כְּצֶמֶר לָבָן וְכִקְרוּם בֵּיצָה.** כְּלוֹמַר, תְּחִלָּה הָיְתָה כְצֶמֶר לָבָן וְעַכְשָׁיו נַעֲשֵׂית כִּקְרוּם בֵּיצָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כצמר לבן וכקרום ביצה – meaning to say, that at first it was like white wool, and now it became like the membrane/skin of an egg.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:2:3
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**נַעֲשֵׂית מִסְפַּחַת שְׂאֵת אוֹ מִסְפַּחַת עַזָּה.** כְּלוֹמַר, שֶׁהַשְּׂאֵת נַעֲשֵׂית מִסְפַּחַת, שֶׁחָזְרָה לִהְיוֹת כַּתּוֹלָדָה שֶׁלָּהּ. אוֹ שֶׁהָעַזָּה נַעֲשֵׂית כַּמִּסְפַּחַת שֶׁלָּהּ. וּפָרוֹשֵׁי קָמְפָרֵשׁ לְרֵישָׁא דְּקָתָנֵי הָיְתָה כַשֶּׁלֶג וְנַעֲשֵׂית כְּסִיד הַהֵיכָל, הַיְנוּ שֶׁנַּעֲשֵׂית עַזָּה מִסְפַּחַת. וְאוֹתָהּ שֶׁהָיְתָה כְצֶמֶר לָבָן וְנַעֲשֵׂית כִּקְרוּם בֵּיצָה, הַיְנוּ שֶׁנַּעֲשֵׂית שְׂאֵת מִסְפַּחַת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
נעשית מספחת שאת (it became the scurf/second shade of a swelling/sore) – meaning to say that the swelling/sore became scurf, that it returned to become like its derivative/subcategory. Or that the strong/bright [white] became like its scurf. But he is really explaining to the first clause (i.e., presenting a new interpretation of the Mishnah in order to refute an argument based upon that text), as it is taught [in the Mishnah]: "היתה כשלג ונעשית כסיד ההיכל"/it was as white as snow and it became as white as the lime in the Temple, that is that it became stronger/brighter than a rising on the skin. And it that was like white wool but became like the membrane/skin of an egg, that it is that the swelling/sore became a rising on the skin.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:2:4
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**וּכְסִיד הַהֵיכָל וּכְשֶׁלֶג.** כְּלוֹמַר הָיְתָה כְסִיד הַהֵיכָל וְעַכְשָׁיו נַעֲשֵׂית כַּשֶּׁלֶג:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
וכסיד ההיכל והשלג – meaning to say that it was like the lime of the Temple but now it became like snow.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:2:5
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**רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר כוּ'.** וַהֲלָכָה כְּרַבִּי עֲקִיבָא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
רבי עקיבא אומר וכו' – And the Halakha is according to Rabbi Akiba.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:3:1
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**בַּהֶרֶת.** מֵהַשְׁתָּא אַיְרֵי בְּבֶהָרוֹת טְמֵאוֹת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בהרת – from here we are dealing with bright white spots on the skin which are impure/unclean.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:3:2
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**וְאֵין בָּהּ כְּלוּם.** לֹא מִחְיָה וְלֹא שֵׂעָר לָבָן:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואין בה כלום – neither quick flesh nor white hair.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:3:3
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**בַּתְּחִלָּה.** כְּשֶׁהוּבָא אֶל הַכֹּהֵן. וְכֵן בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ רִאשׁוֹן אִם לֹא נוֹלַד בָּהּ כְּלוּם, יַסְגִּיר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בתחלה – when he was brought to the Kohen. And then at the end of the first week, if nothing resulted/was forthcoming, he would be shut up/placed in isolation.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:3:4
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**בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ שֵׁנִי.** אִם לֹא נוֹלַד בָּהּ כְּלוּם, פָּטוּר. וְכֵן לְאַחַר הַפְּטוּר, אִם לֹא נוֹלַד בָּהּ כְּלוּם, עוֹמֵד בִּפְטוּר זֶה כָּל יָמָיו וְשׁוּב אֵינוֹ מַסְגִּירוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בסוף שבוע שני – if nothing resulted/was forthcoming, he is released. And similarly, after the release, if nothing resulted/was forthcoming, he remains in this release all his days and furthermore is not shut up/placed in isolation.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:3:5
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**עוֹדֵהוּ מַסְגִּירוֹ.** שֶׁהָיָה רוֹצֶה לְהַסְגִּירוֹ, בֵּין בַּתְּחִלָּה כְּשֶׁהוּבָא אֶל הַכֹּהֵן, בֵּין בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ רִאשׁוֹן, וְלֹא הִסְפִּיק לְהַסְגִּירוֹ עַד שֶׁנּוֹלְדוּ סִימָנֵי טֻמְאָה, כְּגוֹן בַּתְּחִלָּה בְּשֵׂעָר לָבָן וּמִחְיָה, וּבְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ רִאשׁוֹן בְּשֵׂעָר לָבָן וּמִחְיָה וּפִשְׂיוֹן, יַחְלִיט. אֲבָל מִשֶּׁהִסְגִּירוֹ, הָא תְנַן לְעֵיל בְּרֵישׁ פֶּרֶק ג', אֵין מַחְלִיטִין אֶת הַמֻּסְגָּר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עודנו מסגירו – that he (i.e., the Kohen) wanted to shut him up/isolate him, whether at the outset when he was brought to the Kohen or whether at the end of the first week, but he did not manage of isolate him until tokens/signs of defilement were forthcoming/resulted, as for example, at the outset with the white hair and the quick flesh, , and at the end of the first week with white hair and quick flesh and spreading, he would be declared a certified leper. But, from when he was shut up/put in isolation, it is taught above in the third chapter (see Mishnah 1 of the third chapter of Tractate Negaim): "אין מחליטין את המוסגר"/They do not declare one who is shut up/isolated a certified leper.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:3:6
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**וּפוֹטֵר.** כְּלוֹמַר אוֹ פוֹטְרוֹ, כְּגוֹן בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ שֵׁנִי. וַאֲפִלּוּ לְאַחַר הַפְּטוּר אִם נוֹלְדוּ סִימָנֵי טֻמְאָה, יַחְלִיט:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ופוטר – meaning to say, or they release him. S for example, at the end of the second week. But even after the release, if tokens/signs of defilement were forthcoming/resulted, he is to be declared a certified leper.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:3:7
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**עוֹדֵהוּ מַחְלִיטוֹ.** שֶׁהָיָה [בָא] לְהַחְלִיט וְלֹא הִסְפִּיק עַד שֶׁהָלְכוּ סִימָנֵי טֻמְאָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עודהו מחליטו (he is still in the process of certifying him – as a leper) – that he had [come] to certify him as a leper, but he had not been able to do it until the signs/tokens of defilement had gone away.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:3:8
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**בַּתְּחִלָּה.** כְּשֶׁהוּבָא אֶל הַכֹּהֵן, אוֹ בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ רִאשׁוֹן: **יַסְגִּיר.** אֲבָל אִם מִשֶּׁהֶחְלִיטוֹ הָלְכוּ לָהֶן, כְּגוֹן שֶׁהֶחְלִיטוֹ בְשֵׂעָר לָבָן וְהָלַךְ לוֹ שֵׂעָר לָבָן וּבַהֶרֶת קַיֶּמֶת, אֵין מַסְגִּירוֹ עָלֶיהָ, אֶלָּא פוֹטְרוֹ וְטָהוֹר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בתחלה – when he was brought to the Kohen. או בסוף שבוע ראשון, יסגיר – by t if from when he declared him to be a certified leper, they went away, as for example, that he declared him to be a certified leper with the white hair, and it went away but the bright white spot on the skin exists, they don’t shut him up/isolate him for it, but release him and he is pure.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:4:1
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**הַתּוֹלֵשׁ סִימָנֵי טֻמְאָה.** כְּגוֹן שֵׂעָר לָבָן בְּעוֹר בָּשָׂר, וְשֵׂעָר צָהֹב בִּנְתָקִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
התולש סימני טומאה – as for example, the white hair in the skin of the flesh, or the yellow hair that are bald, blanched spots on the head or in the beard.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:4:2
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**וְהַכּוֹוֶה אֶת הַמִּחְיָה.** דְּמִשֶּׁנִּכְוֵית אֵינָהּ סִימַן טֻמְאָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
והכווה את המחיה (if one cauterized/scalded the cicatrizing spot – i.e., quick flesh) – that from when it was cauterized/burnt, it is not a sign/token of defilement.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:4:3
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**עוֹבֵר בְּלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה.** דְּהִשָּׁמֶר בְּנֶגַע הַצָּרַעַת. וְכָל מָקוֹם שֶׁנֶּאֱמָר הִשָּׁמֶר, פֶּן, וְאַל, אֵינוֹ אֶלָּא לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עובר בלא תעשה – of (Deuteronomy 24:8): “In cases of skin affection be most careful [to do exactly as the Levitical priests instruct you. Take care to do as I have commanded them.]”/"השמר בנגע-הצרעת [לשמר מאד ולעשות ככל אשר-יורו אתכם הכהנים הלוים כאשר צויתם תשמרו לעשות]". And in every place where it states [in the Torah]: "השמר"/Be most careful, "פן"/lest; and "אל"/do not, it is not other than a negative commandment.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:4:4
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**וּלְטָהֳרָה.** כְּלוֹמַר וּלְעִנְיַן טָהֳרָה מַה דִּינוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ולטהרה – meaning to say, that in regard to cleanness/purity, what is the law?


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:4:5
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**עַד שֶׁלֹּא בָא אֵצֶל כֹּהֵן.** אִם תְּלָשָׁן, טָהוֹר. וְאִם תְּלָשָׁן לְאַחַר חִלּוּטוֹ, טָמֵא:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עד שלא בא אצל כהן – if he tears them out/plucks them, he is pure. But if he tears them out after he has been declared a certified leper, he is impure.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:4:6
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**הוֹלְכִים לְגַדְוָד** גָּרְסִינַן, וְהוּא שֵׁם מָקוֹם:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
הולכים לגדווד – we have this reading. And it is the name of a place.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:4:7
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**בְּתוֹךְ הֶסְגֵּרוֹ מַהוּ.** אִם תָּלַשׁ סִימָנֵי טֻמְאָה בְּתוֹךְ שָׁבוּעַ שֶׁל הֶסְגֵּר רִאשׁוֹן אוֹ שֶׁל הֶסְגֵּר שֵׁנִי, מַהוּ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
בתוך הסגירו מהו (if he does it during his quarantine – what is the law) – if he tore out/plucks the tokens/signs of defilement within the week of the first isolation/quarantine or of the second isolation, what is the law?


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:4:8
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**הִתְחַלְתִּי מֵבִיא לָהֶם רְאָיוֹת.** בַּתּוֹסֶפְתָּא מַיְתֵי דְּכָךְ הָיְתָה רְאָיָתוֹ, מִפְּנֵי מָה עַד שֶׁלֹּא בָא אֵצֶל כֹּהֵן, טָהוֹר, לֹא מִפְּנֵי שֶׁלֹּא רָאָה הַכֹּהֵן סִימָנֵי הַטֻּמְאָה שֶׁבּוֹ, הַתּוֹלֵשׁ סִימָנֵי הַטֻּמְאָה תוֹךְ הֶסְגֵּר נַמִּי דִין הוּא שֶׁיְּהֵא טָהוֹר, שֶׁלֹּא רָאָה הַכֹּהֵן סִימָנֵי טֻמְאָה שֶׁבּוֹ. הִלְכָּךְ, אֶחָד עוֹמֵד בִּפְנֵי הַכֹּהֵן, כְּלוֹמַר אֶחָד אוֹתוֹ הָעוֹמֵד בִּפְנֵי הַכֹּהֵן וּמִהֵר לִתְלֹשׁ סִימָנֵי טֻמְאָה קֹדֶם שֶׁיֹּאמַר לוֹ הַכֹּהֵן טָמֵא אַתָּה, וְאֶחָד אוֹתוֹ שֶׁתְּלָשָׁן תּוֹךְ יְמֵי הֶסְגֵּרוֹ, בֵּין זֶה וּבֵין זֶה טְהוֹרִין. וְכֵן הֲלָכָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
התחלתי מביא להם ראיות – in the Tosefta (Tractate Negaim, Chapter 3, Halakha 4) . Here we do not have the reading of the words of the Sages or until the bright white spot on the skin is reduced from being like a split [Cilician] bean, that especially concerning one who tears out/plucks out the tokens/signs of defilement during his being shut up/in isolation/quarantine is also the law that he would be pure/clean, for the Kohen that did not see the signs/tokens of defilement that are in him. Therefore, one who stands before a Kohen, meaning to say, one, that person who stands before a Kohen and hurries to pluck out/tear out the signs/tokens of defilement before the Kohen would say to him: “You are impure,” and one who tears them out within the days of his isolation, whether this or that, they are pure. And such is the Halakha.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:4:9
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**מֵאֵימָתַי הִיא טָהֳרָתוֹ.** שֶׁל אוֹתוֹ שֶׁתָּלַשׁ סִימָנֵי טֻמְאָה לְאַחַר חִלּוּטוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
מאימתי הוא טהרתו – of the person who tore out/plucked the signs/tokens of defilement after he was declared to be a certified leper.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:4:10
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**כְּשֶׁיִּוָּלֶד לוֹ נֶגַע אַחֵר וְיִטְהַר מִמֶּנּוּ.** דְּכֵיוָן דְּנִתְרַפָּא מִן הַשְּׁנִיָּה, אִגַּלַּאי מִלְּתָא דְּחָס רַחֲמָנָא עֲלֵיהּ, וְאִי נַמִּי הֲוָת קַיְמָא קַמַּיְתָא הֲוָה מִתַּסֵּי מִנַּהּ כְּמוֹ מִזּוֹ:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
כשיוולד לו נגע אחר ויטהר ממנו – for since he was cured from the second, the matter became revealed that the All-Merciful has forbearance upon him, or alternatively, that the first [plague] endures and he will be healed from that one as well.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:4:11
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**עַד שֶׁתִּפְרַח בְּכֻלּוֹ.** נֶגַע הָאַחֲרוֹן, דְּלֵיכָּא לְמֵיחַשׁ לְמִידִי. דְּהָא אִי הֲוָה בֵיהּ נַמִּי קַמָּא, הַשְׁתָּא מִיהָא הָוֵי טָהוֹר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
עד שתפרח בכולו (until it spreads over his entire body) – the last plague, that one doesn’t have to be concerned for anything, because if he had in him also the first, now, however/at least, he would be pure.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:4:12
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**אוֹ עַד שֶׁתִּתְמַעֵט בַּהַרְתּוֹ מִכַּגְּרִיס.** דַּאֲפִלּוּ לֹא נִתְלַשׁ הַשֵּׂעָר וְלֹא נִכְוֵית הַמִּחְיָה, הָיָה נִטְהָר, מִכֵּיוָן דְּנִתְמַעֲטָה הַבַּהֶרֶת מִכַּגְּרִיס. וּמִיהוּ עַד שֶׁתִּפְרַח בְּכֻלּוֹ לֹא קָאֵי אֶלָּא אַתּוֹלֵשׁ סִימָנֵי טֻמְאָה, אֲבָל כּוֹוֶה אֶת הַמִּחְיָה אֵינוֹ נִטְהָר בִּפְרִיחָה, שֶׁאִלּוּ הָיְתָה הַמִּחְיָה קַיֶּמֶת לֹא הָיָה טָהוֹר בִּפְרִיחָה. וַהֲלָכָה כַּחֲכָמִים:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
או עד שתתמעט בהרתו מכגריס – for even if the hair had not been torn out nor the quick flesh cauterized, he would be made pure, for since that the bright white spot on the skin had been reduced from [the size] of a split [Cilician] bean . But however, until it spread through is entire body, is not referring other than to someone who tears out the signs/tokens of impurity, but cauterizing the quick flesh is not made pure through an eruption (i.e., the white eruption which causes the leper to be declared clean – see Leviticus 13:12), for if the quick flesh exists, it was not pure through an eruption. And the Halakha is according to the Sages.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:5:1
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**וְנִקְצְצָה טְהוֹרָה.** דִּכְתִיב (ויקרא יג) כָּל יְמֵי אֲשֶׁר הַנֶּגַע בּוֹ יִטְמָא, וְלֹא יָמִים שֶׁהָיְתָה בוֹ בַהֶרֶת וְנִקְצְצָה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ונקצצה טהורה – as it is written (Leviticus 13:46): “He shall be impure as long as the disease is on him,” but not the days that the bright white spot on his skin was on him and it was cut off.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:5:2
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**קְצָצָהּ מִתְכַּוֵּן.** בַּתּוֹסֶפְתָּא מוּכָח דְּהֵיכָא דְקָצַץ כָּל הַבַּהֶרֶת וְקָצַץ מִן הַבָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֹתֶיהָ עִמָּהּ, כֻּלֵּי עָלְמָא לֹא פְלִיגֵי דְּאֵין לוֹ טָהֳרָה עוֹלָמִית, דִּקְנָסוּהוּ רַבָּנָן מֵאַחַר שֶׁנִּתְכַּוֵּן לְשָׁרֵשׁ אַחֲרֶיהָ. וְהֵיכָא דִקְצָצָהּ וְשִׁיֵּר מִמֶּנָּה כָל שֶׁהוּא, כֻּלֵּי עָלְמָא לֹא פְלִיגֵי דְּיֵשׁ לוֹ טָהֳרָה בִּפְרִיחָה, כֵּיוָן דְּשִׁיֵּר מִמֶּנָּה לֹא קְנָסוּהוּ כֻלֵּי הַאי. כִּי פְלִיגֵי, כְּשֶׁקְּצָצָהּ מְצֻמְצֶמֶת הַבַּהֶרֶת כְּמוֹ שֶׁהִיא לֹא פָחוֹת וְלֹא יוֹתֵר:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
קצצה מתכוין – in the Tosefta (Tractate Negaim, Chapter 3, Halakha 5 ) it is proven that where he cut off all of the bright white spot on the skin and cut off from the flesh that was around it with it, no one disagrees that he doesn’t have eternal purity. For the Rabbis fined him after he had intended to uproot it/tear it out. But where he cut it and left a remainder from it, whatever the amount, everyone does not argue that he has purity through an eruption (i.e., the white eruption which causes the leper to be declared clean), since he left a remnant from it, they did not fine him all that much. What they do disagree about is when he cut off the bright white spot in the skin in an exactly defined manner, like it is, no less and no more.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:5:3
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**רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר אוֹמֵר לִכְשֶׁיִּוָּלֶד לוֹ נֶגַע אַחֵר וְיִטְהַר מִמֶּנּוּ וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים עַד שֶׁתִּפְרַח בְּכֻלּוֹ.** וַהֲלָכָה כַּחֲכָמִים. הָכָא לֹא גָרְסִינַן בְּמִלְּתַיְהוּ דַחֲכָמִים אוֹ עַד שֶׁתִּתְמַעֵט בַּהֶרֶת מִכַּגְּרִיס, דְּדַוְקָא גַבֵּי תוֹלֵשׁ סִימָנֵי טֻמְאָה דְרֵישָׁא וְנִשְׁאֲרָה הַבַּהֶרֶת, הָתָם שַׁיָּךְ לְמִתְנֵי עַד שֶׁתִּתְמַעֵט מִכַּגְּרִיס, אֲבָל הָכָא הֲרֵי נִקְצְצָה כָל הַבַּהֶרֶת:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ר' אליעזר אומר לכשיולד לו נגע אחר ויטהר ממנו וחכמים אומרים עד שתפרח בכולו – And the Halakha is according to the Sages (i.e., until it spreads all over him). Here we do not have the reading of the words of the Sages (as we had in the previous Mishnah): "או עד שתתמעט בהרת מכגריס"/or until his bright white spot on the skin will diminish to less than the size of a split [Cilician] bean, that specifically concerning tearing/plucking out, the signs/tokens of defilement of the first clause [of the Mishnah]: "ונשארה הבהרת"/but the bright white spot in the skin remained. There it belongs to teach [in the Mishnah]: “until it diminishes to less than the size of a split [Cilician] bean,” but here, the entire bright white spot in the skin was cut off.


###### Bartenura on Mishnah Negaim 7:5:4
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**וְאִם הָיְתָה בְרֹאשׁ הָעָרְלָה יִמֹּל.** לָאו בְּמִילָה בִזְמַנָּהּ אַיְרֵי, דְּהָא מִלְּתָא דִפְשִׁיטָא הִיא, הַשְׁתָּא שַׁבָּת דְּאִסּוּר סְקִילָה דָּחְיָא, צָרַעַת דְּאִסּוּר לָאו גְּרֵידָא לֹא כָל שֶׁכֵּן, אֶלָּא אֲפִלּוּ מִילָה שֶׁלֹּא בִזְמַנָּהּ שֶׁאֵינָהּ דּוֹחָה אֶת הַשַּׁבָּת, דּוֹחָה אֶת הַצָּרַעַת, דְּאָתֵי עֲשֵׂה דְמִילָה וְדָחֵי אֶת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה דְצָרַעַת, דְּהָכִי קַיְמָא לָן בְּכָל הַתּוֹרָה כֻלָּהּ, כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁאַתָּה מוֹצֵא עֲשֵׂה וְלֹא תַעֲשֶׂה, אִם אַתָּה יָכוֹל לְקַיֵּם אֶת שְׁנֵיהֶם, מוּטָב. וְאִם לָאו, יָבֹא עֲשֵׂה וְיִדְחֶה אֶת לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה:

**Bartenura on Mishnah, trans. by Rabbi Robert Alpert, 2020:**
ואם היתה בראש הערלה ימול – we are not dealing with circumcision at its appropriate time (i.e., eight-days old for a baby boy), for this is a simple matter, now that on Shabbat the prohibition [which if one violates it leads to the punishment] of stoning is suspended; leprosy, which is a mere prohibition, not all the more so, but even circumcision that is not [performed] at its appropriate time, does not supersede the Sabbath, but supersedes the leprosy, for the positive commandment of circumcision comes and supersedes the negative commandment of leprosy, and in this we hold throughout the entire Torah. Every place that you find a positive commandment and a negative commandment, if you are able to fulfill both of them, it is good. But if not, the positive commandment should come and supersede the negative commandment.