## Mishnah Negaim Chapter 10

###### Mishnah Negaim 10:1
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הַנְּתָקִים מִטַּמְּאִין בִּשְׁנֵי שָׁבוּעוֹת, וּבִשְׁנֵי סִימָנִים, בְּשֵׂעָר צָהֹב דַּק וּבְפִשְׂיוֹן. בְּשֵׂעָר צָהֹב דַּק, לָקוּי קָצָר, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא. רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן נוּרִי אוֹמֵר, אֲפִלּוּ אָרֹךְ. אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹחָנָן בֶּן נוּרִי, מַה הַלָּשׁוֹן אוֹמְרִים, דַּק מַקֵּל זֶה, דַּק קָנֶה זֶה, דַּק לָקוּי קָצָר, אוֹ דַק לָקוּי אָרֹךְ. אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, עַד שֶׁאָנוּ לְמֵדִים מִן הַקָּנֶה, נִלְמַד מִן הַשֵּׂעָר. דַּק שְׂעָרוֹ שֶׁל פְּלוֹנִי, דַּק לָקוּי קָצָר, לֹא דַק לָקוּי אָרֹךְ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
*Netakim* [diseased patches on the head or beard] make impure after two weeks [maximum] and through two signs: Thin yellow hair or spreading. Thin yellow hair [means] diseased and short. [These are] the words of Rabbi Akiva. Rabbi Yochanan ben Nuri says: Even if long. Rabbi Yochanan ben Nuri said: What does the phrase that they say [mean], "This stick is thin" [or] "This reed is thin?" [Does it mean] thin, diseased and short or thin, diseased and long? Rabbi Akiva said to him: Before we learn from the stick, let us learn from the hair. [If one says,] "The hair of so-and-so is thin," [he means] "Thin, diseased and short," not "Thin, diseased and long."


###### Mishnah Negaim 10:2
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שֵׂעָר צָהֹב דַּק מְטַמֵּא מְכֻנָּס, וּמְפֻזָּר, וּמְבֻצָּר, וְשֶׁלֹּא מְבֻצָּר, הָפוּךְ, וְשֶׁלֹּא הָפוּךְ, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, אֵינוֹ מְטַמֵּא אֶלָּא הָפוּךְ. אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, וְדִין הוּא, מָה אִם שֵׂעָר לָבָן, שֶׁאֵין שֵׂעָר אַחֵר מַצִּיל מִיָּדוֹ, אֵינוֹ מְטַמֵּא אֶלָּא הָפוּךְ. שֵׂעָר צָהֹב דַּק שֶׁשֵּׂעָר אַחֵר מַצִּיל מִיָּדוֹ, אֵינוֹ דִין שֶׁלֹּא יְטַמֵּא אֶלָּא הָפוּךְ. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, כָּל מָקוֹם שֶׁצָּרִיךְ לוֹמַר הָפוּךְ, אָמַר הָפוּךְ. אֲבָל הַנֶּתֶק שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בּוֹ (ויקרא יג) וְלֹא הָיָה בוֹ שֵׂעָר צָהֹב, מְטַמֵּא הָפוּךְ וְשֶׁלֹּא הָפוּךְ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Thin yellow hair makes impure [whether it is] concentrated or spread out, [entirely] surrounded [by the *Netek*] or not [entirely] surrounded, changed [to yellow by the *Netek*] or not changed. These are the words of Rabbi Yehuda. Rabbi Shimon says: It only makes impure if changed [by the *Netek*]. Rabbi Shimon said: And this is logical; just as white hair, from which another [non-white] hair does not save [his purity status], only makes impure if changed [by the *Netek*], thin yellow hair, from which another [non-yellow] hair does save [his purity status], is it not logical that it should only make impure if changed?! Rabbi Yehuda says: Anywhere [in the Torah] where it should say [it needs to be] changed, it said [it needs to be] changed. But the *Netek*, of which it is said, (Leviticus 13:32) "It did not have in it yellow hair," makes him impure whether changed or not changed.


###### Mishnah Negaim 10:3
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הַצּוֹמֵחַ מַצִּיל מִיַּד הַשֵּׂעָר צָהֹב וּמִיַּד הַפִּשְׂיוֹן, מְכֻנָּס, וּמְפֻזָּר, מְבֻצָּר, וְשֶׁלֹּא מְבֻצָּר. וְהַמְשֹׁאָר מַצִּיל מִיַּד שֵׂעָר צָהֹב וּמִיַּד הַפִּשְׂיוֹן, מְכֻנָּס, וּמְפֻזָּר, וּמְבֻצָּר. וְאֵינוֹ מַצִּיל מִן הַצַּד, עַד שֶׁיְּהֵא רָחוֹק מִן הַקָּמָה מְקוֹם שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת. אַחַת צְהֻבָּה וְאַחַת שְׁחֹרָה, אַחַת צְהֻבָּה וְאַחַת לְבָנָה, אֵינָן מַצִּילוֹת:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
[A *Netek*] that sprouts [normal hair] saves him from the [impurity caused by] yellow hair or expansion, [whether it is] concentrated or scattered, [entirely] surrounded [by the *Netek*] or not [entirely] surrounded. And the remaining [normal hair, which preexists the *Netek*,] saves him from [impurity caused by] yellow hair or from expansion, [whether it is] concentrated or scattered, or [entirely] surrounded. But it does not save when on the edge [of the *Netek*] unless it is a distance of two hairs from the upright [normal hairs surrounding the *Netek*]. One yellow [hair] and one black [hair, which preexist the *Netek*], [or] one yellow and one white, do not save [him from impurity].


###### Mishnah Negaim 10:4
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שֵׂעָר צָהֹב שֶׁקָּדַם אֶת הַנֶּתֶק, טָהוֹר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה מְטַמֵּא. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב אוֹמֵר, לֹא מְטַמֵּא וְלֹא מַצִּיל. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, כֹּל שֶׁאֵינוֹ סִימַן טֻמְאָה בַנֶּתֶק, הֲרֵי הוּא סִימַן טָהֳרָה בַנָּתֶק:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Yellow hair that preexisted the *Netek* is pure. Rabbi Yehuda declares impure. Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov says: It does not make impure, but it does not save [from impurity]. Rabbi Shimon says: Anything that is not a sign of impurity in the *Netek* is surely a sign of purity in the *Netek*!


###### Mishnah Negaim 10:5
[Mishnah Negaim 10:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/10:5)

כֵּיצַד מְגַלְּחִין אֶת הַנֶּתֶק. מְגַלֵּחַ חוּצָה לוֹ וּמַנִּיחַ שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת סָמוּךְ לוֹ, כְּדֵי שֶׁיְּהֵא נִכָּר אִם פָּשָׂה. הֶחְלִיטוֹ בְשֵׂעָר צָהֹב, הָלַךְ שֵׂעָר צָהֹב וְחָזַר שֵׂעָר צָהֹב, וְכֵן בְּפִשְׂיוֹן, בַּתְּחִלָּה, בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ רִאשׁוֹן, בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ שֵׁנִי, לְאַחַר הַפְּטוּר, הֲרֵי הוּא כְמוֹת שֶׁהָיָה. הֶחְלִיטוֹ בְּפִשְׂיוֹן, וְהָלַךְ הַפִּשְׂיוֹן וְחָזַר הַפִּשְׂיוֹן. וְכֵן בְּשֵׂעָר צָהֹב, בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ רִאשׁוֹן, בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ שֵׁנִי, לְאַחַר הַפְּטוּר, הֲרֵי הוּא כְמוֹ שֶׁהָיָה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
How does one shave the *Netek* [during the second week of quarantine]? He shaves outside of it and leaves two [normal] hairs adjacent to it, so that it will be recognizable if it expands. If [the priest] decided [the *Netek* was impure] through yellow hair, [and then] the yellow hair went away and [then] the golden hair returned, and so too with expansion, [whether this happened] initially, at the end of the first week, at the end of the second week, or after the exemption [that made the *Netek* pure], [the *Netek*] is like it was [i.e. it is impure]. If [the priest] decided [the *Netek* was impure] through expansion, [and then] the expansion went away and [then] the expansion returned, so too with yellow hair, [whether this happened] at the end of the first week, at the end of the second week, or after the exemption [that made the *Netek* pure], [the *Netek*] is like it was [i.e. it is impure].


###### Mishnah Negaim 10:6
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שְׁנֵי נְתָקִים, זֶה בְצַד זֶה, וְשִׁיטָה שֶׁל שֵׂעָר מַפְסֶקֶת בֵּינֵיהֶם, נִפְרַץ מִמָּקוֹם אֶחָד, טָמֵא. מִשְּׁנֵי מְקוֹמוֹת, טָהוֹר. כַּמָּה תְהֵא הַפִּרְצָה, מְקוֹם שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת. נִפְרַץ מִמָּקוֹם אֶחָד כַּגְּרִיס, טָמֵא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Two *Netakim*, one beside the other, and a row of [normal] hair separates between them, [if the row] is broken in one place, he is impure. In two places, he is [still] pure. How [wide] is a breakage? The area of two hairs. [If] it was broken in one place [even the size of] a bean, he is impure.


###### Mishnah Negaim 10:7
[Mishnah Negaim 10:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/10:7)

שְׁנֵי נְתָקִין, זֶה לִפְנִים מִזֶּה, וְשִׁיטָה שֶׁל שֵׂעָר מַפְסֶקֶת בֵּינֵיהֶן, נִפְרַץ מִמָּקוֹם אֶחָד, טָמֵא. מִשְּׁנֵי מְקוֹמוֹת, טָהוֹר. כַּמָּה תְהֵא הַפִּרְצָה, מְקוֹם שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת. נִפְרַץ מִמָּקוֹם אֶחָד כַּגְּרִיס, טָהוֹר:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Two *Netakim*, one inside the other, and a row of hair separates between them, [if the row] is broken in one place, he is impure. In two places, he is pure. How [wide] is a breakage? The area of two hairs. [If] it was broken in one place [the size of] a bean, he is pure.


###### Mishnah Negaim 10:8
[Mishnah Negaim 10:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/10:8)

מִי שֶׁהָיָה בוֹ נֶתֶק וּבוֹ שֵׂעָר צָהֹב, טָמֵא. נוֹלַד לוֹ שֵׂעָר שָׁחֹר, טָהוֹר. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהָלַךְ לוֹ שֵׂעָר שָׁחֹר, טָהוֹר. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן בֶּן יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר מִשּׁוּם רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, כָּל נֶתֶק שֶׁטָּהַר שָׁעָה אַחַת, אֵין לוֹ טֻמְאָה לְעוֹלָם. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, כָּל שֵׂעָר צָהֹב שֶׁטָּהַר שָׁעָה אַחַת, אֵין לוֹ טֻמְאָה לְעוֹלָם:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Someone who had a *Netek* with yellow hair in it, it is impure. If he develops black hair [in the *Netek*], he is pure. Even if the black hair goes away, he is [still] pure. Rabbi Shimon ben Yehuda says in the name of Rabbi Shimon: Any *Netek* that was pure at one time, never again has impurity. Rabbi Shimon says: Any yellow hair that was pure at one time, never again has impurity.


###### Mishnah Negaim 10:9
[Mishnah Negaim 10:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/10:9)

מִי שֶׁהָיָה בוֹ נֶתֶק כַּגְּרִיס, וְנִתַּק כָּל רֹאשׁוֹ, טָהוֹר. הָרֹאשׁ וְהַזָּקָן אֵין מְעַכְּבִין זֶה אֶת זֶה, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, מְעַכְּבִין זֶה אֶת זֶה. אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, וְדִין הוּא, מָה אִם עוֹר הַפָּנִים וְעוֹר הַבָּשָׂר, שֶׁיֵּשׁ דָּבָר אַחֵר מַפְסִיק בֵּינֵיהֶם, מְעַכְּבִין זֶה אֶת זֶה, הָרֹאשׁ וְהַזָּקָן שֶׁאֵין דָּבָר אַחֵר מַפְסִיק בֵּינֵיהֶם, אֵינוֹ דִין שֶׁיְּעַכְּבוּ זֶה אֶת זֶה. הָרֹאשׁ וְהַזָּקָן אֵין מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה, וְאֵין פּוֹשִׂין מִזֶּה לָזֶה. אֵיזֶה הוּא זָקָן, מִן הַפֶּרֶק שֶׁל לֶחִי עַד פִּקָּה שֶׁל גַּרְגָּרֶת:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Someone who had a *Netek* like [the size of] a bean and [then] his entire head was [covered by the] *Netek*, he is pure. The head and the beard do not stop each other [from making him pure if one of them is entirely covered but the other is not]. These are the words of Rabbi Yehuda. Rabbi Shimon says: They do stop each other [if one is not fully covered]. Rabbi Shimon said: And this is logical; just as the skin of the face and the skin of the flesh, which have something else [i.e. a beard] separating between them, stop each other [if one is not fully covered], the head and the beard, which do not have something else separating between them, is it not logical that they should stop each other?! The head and the beard do not combine with each other [to constitute the minimum area required for impurity] and cannot expand from one to the other. What is [considered] the beard? From the joint of the jawbone to the thyroid cartilage.


###### Mishnah Negaim 10:10
[Mishnah Negaim 10:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/10:10)

הַקָּרַחַת וְהַגַּבַּחַת מִטַּמְּאוֹת בִּשְׁנֵי שָׁבוּעוֹת, בִּשְׁנֵי סִימָנִים, בְּמִחְיָה וּבְפִסְיוֹן. אֵיזוֹ הִיא קָרַחַת, אָכַל נֶשֶׁם, סָךְ נֶשֶׁם, מַכָּה שֶׁאֵינָהּ רְאוּיָה לְגַדֵּל שֵׂעָר. אֵיזוֹ הִיא קָרַחַת, מִן הַקָּדְקֹד הַשּׁוֹפֵעַ לַאֲחוֹרָיו עַד פִּקָּה שֶׁל צַוָּאר. אֵיזוֹ הִיא גַּבַּחַת, מִן הַקָּדְקֹד הַשּׁוֹפֵעַ לְפָנָיו עַד כְּנֶגֶד שֵׂעָר מִלְמַעְלָן. הַקָּרַחַת וְהַגַּבַּחַת אֵינָן מִצְטָרְפוֹת זוֹ עִם זוֹ, וְאֵינָן פּוֹשׂוֹת מִזּוֹ לָזוֹ. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אִם יֵשׁ שֵׂעָר בֵּינֵיהֶן, אֵינָן מִצְטָרְפוֹת. וְאִם לָאו, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ מִצְטָרְפוֹת:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The *Karachat* [blemish that balds the back of the head] or *Gabachat* [blemish that balds the top of the head] are made impure after two weeks [maximum], and through two signs: a healthy patch of skin or an expansion. What is [the source of] *Karachat*? [If] he eats a balding medicine, [or] he anointed with a balding medicine, [or] a [head] wound that is not able to grow hair. What is [the location of] *Karachat*? From the crown sloping backward until the cartilage of the neck. What is [the location of] *Gabachat*? From the crown sloping forward until the upper hair[line]. *Karachat* and *Gabachat* do not combine with each other [to constitute the minimum area required for impurity] and cannot expand from one to the other. Rabbi Yehuda says: If there is hair between them, they do not combine. But if not, surely they combine.