## Mishnah Negaim Chapter 11

###### Mishnah Negaim 11:1
[Mishnah Negaim 11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/11:1)

כָּל הַבְּגָדִים מִטַּמְּאִין בַּנְּגָעִים, חוּץ מִשֶּׁל נָכְרִים. הַלּוֹקֵחַ בְּגָדִים מִן הַנָּכְרִים, יֵרָאוּ בַתְּחִלָּה. וְעוֹרוֹת הַיָּם אֵינָן מִטַּמְּאִין בַּנְּגָעִים. חִבֵּר לָהֶם מִן הַגָּדֵל בָּאָרֶץ, אֲפִלּוּ חוּט, אֲפִלּוּ מְשִׁיחָה, דָּבָר שֶׁהוּא מְקַבֵּל טֻמְאָה, טָמֵא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
All clothing can become impure from *Negaim* [diseased patches on skin, clothes, or houses that create impurity] except those of non-Jews. One who buys clothing from a non-Jew should examine it as if in the beginning [of the *Nega*]. Skins of sea creatures do not become impure from *Negaim*. If one attached them to [clothing made] from that which grows in the ground, even a thread or even a string or anything which can become impure, is impure.


###### Mishnah Negaim 11:2
[Mishnah Negaim 11:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/11:2)

צֶמֶר גְּמַלִּים וְצֶמֶר רְחֵלִים שֶׁטְּרָפָן זֶה בָזֶה, אִם רֹב מִן הַגְּמַלִּים, אֵינָם מִטַּמְּאִין בַּנְּגָעִים. אִם רֹב מִן הָרְחֵלִים, מִטַּמְּאִים בַּנְּגָעִים. מֶחֱצָה לְמֶחֱצָה, מִטַּמְּאִין בַּנְּגָעִים. וְכֵן הַפִּשְׁתָּן וְהַקַּנְבּוֹס שֶׁטְּרָפָן זֶה בָזֶה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Wool from camels or wool from sheep which were mixed together: if most of it came from the camel, it does not become impure from *Negaim*, if most of it came from the sheep, it does become impure from *Negaim*. If it was half and half, it does become impure from *Negaim*. And so too with linen and hemp that were mixed together.


###### Mishnah Negaim 11:3
[Mishnah Negaim 11:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/11:3)

הָעוֹרוֹת וְהַבְּגָדִים הַצְּבוּעִים, אֵין מִטַּמְּאִין בַּנְּגָעִים. הַבָּתִּים, בֵּין צְבוּעִים בֵּין שֶׁאֵינָן צְבוּעִים, מִטַּמְּאִין בַּנְּגָעִים, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, הָעוֹרוֹת כַּבָּתִּים. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, הַצְּבוּעִים בִּידֵי שָׁמַיִם, מִטַּמְּאִין. וּבִידֵי אָדָם, אֵינָן מִטַּמְּאִין:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Leather and garments that are colored do not become impure from *Negaim*. Houses, regardless of whether they are colored or not colored, become impure from *Negaim*, says Rabbi Meir. But Rabbi Yehuda says leather is like houses. Rabbi Shimon says those colored by the hands of Heaven [naturally] become impure, but by human hands do not become impure.


###### Mishnah Negaim 11:4
[Mishnah Negaim 11:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/11:4)

בֶּגֶד שֶׁשִּׁתְיוֹ צָבוּעַ וְעֶרְבּוֹ לָבָן, עֶרְבּוֹ צָבוּעַ וְשִׁתְיוֹ לָבָן, הַכֹּל הוֹלֵךְ אַחַר הַנִּרְאֶה. הַבְּגָדִים מִטַּמְּאִין בִּירַקְרַק שֶׁבַּיְרֻקִּים, וּבַאֲדַמְדַּם שֶׁבָּאֲדֻמִּים. הָיָה יְרַקְרַק וּפָשָׂה אֲדַמְדַּם, אֲדַמְדַּם וּפָשָׂה יְרַקְרַק, טָמֵא. נִשְׁתַּנָּה וּפָשָׂה, נִשְׁתַּנָּה וְלֹא פָשָׂה, כְּאִלּוּ לֹא נִשְׁתַּנָּה. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, יֵרָאֶה בַתְּחִלָּה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
An article of clothing whose warp is colored and its weft is white, or its warp is white and its weft is colored, everything goes according to its appearance. Clothing becomes impure by the deepest green of the green or by the deepest red of the red. If it was deep green and spread as a deep red or a deep red and spread as a deep green, it is impure. If it changed [color] and spread or changed [color] but did not spread, it is as if it did not change. Rabbi Yehuda says, it should be examined as if in the beginning [of the *Nega*].


###### Mishnah Negaim 11:5
[Mishnah Negaim 11:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/11:5)

הָעוֹמֵד בָּרִאשׁוֹן, יְכַבֵּס וְיַסְגִּיר. הָעוֹמֵד בַּשֵּׁנִי, יִשָּׂרֵף. הַפּוֹשֶׂה בָזֶה וּבָזֶה, יִשָּׂרֵף. הִכְהָה בַתְּחִלָּה, רַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל אוֹמֵר, יְכַבֵּס וְיַסְגִּיר. וַחֲכָמִים אוֹמְרִים, אֵינוֹ זָקוּק לוֹ. הִכְהָה בָרִאשׁוֹן, יְכַבֵּס וְיַסְגִּיר. הִכְהָה בַשֵּׁנִי, קוֹרְעוֹ וְשׂוֹרֵף מַה שֶּׁקָּרַע. וְצָרִיךְ מַטְלִית. רַבִּי נְחֶמְיָה אוֹמֵר, אֵינוֹ צָרִיךְ מַטְלִית:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
That which stands [remains unchanged] after the first week should be washed and quarantined [again]. That which stands after the second week should be burnt. That which spreads in this or that [week] should be burnt. That which was initially faint, Rabbi Yishmael says it should be washed and quarantined but the Sages say he does not need to. That which was faint after the first week should be washed and quarantined. That which was faint after the second week should be torn out and what was torn should be burnt and it requires patching. Rabbi Nechemia says it does not require patching.


###### Mishnah Negaim 11:6
[Mishnah Negaim 11:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/11:6)

חָזַר נֶגַע לַבֶּגֶד, מַצִּיל אֶת הַמַּטְלִית. חָזַר לַמַּטְלִית, שׂוֹרֵף אֶת הַבֶּגֶד. הַטּוֹלֶה מִן הַמֻּסְגָּר בַּטָּהוֹר, חָזַר נֶגַע לַבֶּגֶד, שׂוֹרֵף אֶת הַמַּטְלִית. חָזַר לַמַּטְלִית, הַבֶּגֶד הָרִאשׁוֹן יִשָּׂרֵף, וְהַמַּטְלִית תְּשַׁמֵּשׁ אֶת הַבֶּגֶד הַשֵּׁנִי בְּסִימָנִין:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If the *Nega* returned to the clothing, the patch is saved. If it returned to the patch, the [entire article of] clothing is burnt. If [a patch of] quarantined [clothing] was attached to pure [clothing] and the spot returned to the clothing, the patch should be burnt. If it returned to the patch, the first piece of clothing should be burnt and the patch should serve the second piece of clothing as an indicator.


###### Mishnah Negaim 11:7
[Mishnah Negaim 11:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/11:7)

קַיְטָא שֶׁיֶּשׁ בָּהּ פִּסְפָּסִים צְבוּעִים וּלְבָנִים, פּוֹשִׂין מִזֶּה לָזֶה. שָׁאֲלוּ אֶת רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר, וַהֲרֵי הוּא פִסְפָּס יָחִיד. אָמַר לָהֶן, לֹא שָׁמַעְתִּי. אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי יְהוּדָה בֶן בְּתֵירָא, אֲלַמֵּד בּוֹ. אָמַר לוֹ, אִם לְקַיֵּם דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים, הֵן. אָמַר לוֹ, שֶׁמָּא יַעֲמֹד בּוֹ שְׁנֵי שָׁבוּעוֹת, וְהָעוֹמֵד בַּבְּגָדִים שְׁנֵי שָׁבוּעוֹת טָמֵא. אָמַר לוֹ, חָכָם גָּדוֹל אַתָּה, שֶׁקִּיַּמְתָּ דִּבְרֵי חֲכָמִים. הַפִּשְׂיוֹן הַסָּמוּךְ, כָּל שֶׁהוּא. הָרָחוֹק, כַּגְּרִיס. וְהַחוֹזֵר, כַּגְּרִיס:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
A screen that has colored and white patches, they extend from one into the other. They asked Rabbi Eliezer, "What if there was only one white section?" and he said, "I do not know." Rabbi Yehuda ben Beteira said to him, "Shall I teach in this?" He said to him, "If [your purpose is] to establish the words of the Sages, go on." He said to him, "Maybe it will stand [unchanged] for two weeks, and clothing that stands [unchanged] for two weeks is impure." He said to him, "You are a great Sage because you established the words of the Sages." Connected spreading, any amount [makes it impure] and [spreading over] a distance must be the size of a bean. And a returning [*Nega*] must be the size of a bean.


###### Mishnah Negaim 11:8
[Mishnah Negaim 11:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/11:8)

הַשְּׁתִי וְהָעֵרֶב מִטַּמְּאִים בַּנְּגָעִים מִיָּד. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, הַשְּׁתִי, מִשֶּׁיִּשָּׁלֵק, וְהָעֵרֶב, מִיָּד. וְהָאוּנִין שֶׁל פִּשְׁתָּן, מִשֶּׁיִּתְלַבֵּנוּ. כַּמָּה יְהֵא בַפְּקַעַת וּתְהֵא מִטַּמְּאָה בַנְּגָעִים, כְּדֵי לֶאֱרֹג מִמֶּנָּה שָׁלשׁ עַל שָׁלשׁ שְׁתִי וָעֵרֶב, אֲפִלּוּ כֻלָּהּ שְׁתִי, אֲפִלּוּ כֻלָּהּ עֵרֶב. הָיְתָה פְסִיקוֹת, אֵינָהּ מִטַּמְּאָה בַנְּגָעִים. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אֲפִלּוּ פְסִיקָה אַחַת וּקְשָׁרָהּ, אֵינָהּ מִטַּמְּאָה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The warp and the weft are able to become impure from *Negaim* immediately. Rabbi Yehuda says, the warp when it is boiled and the weft immediately, and spun threads of linen when they are bleached. How much must be on the coil for it to become impure from *Negaim*? Enough to weave from it three [fingers] by three [fingers], warp and weft, even if it is all warp or even if it is all weft. If there were splits [in the thread], it does not become impure from *Negaim*. Rabbi Yehuda says, even if it split once and he tied it [back together], it does not become impure.


###### Mishnah Negaim 11:9
[Mishnah Negaim 11:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/11:9)

הַמַּעֲלֶה מִן הַפְּקַעַת לַחֲבֶרְתָּהּ, מִן הַסְּלִיל לַחֲבֵרוֹ, מִן הַכֹּבֶד הָעֶלְיוֹנָה לַכֹּבֶד הַתַּחְתּוֹנָה, וְכֵן שְׁנֵי דַפֵּי חָלוּק שֶׁנִּרְאָה נֶגַע בְּאַחַד מֵהֶן, הֲרֵי הַשֵּׁנִי טָהוֹר. בְּנֶפֶשׁ הַמַּסֶּכֶת וּבַשְּׁתִי הָעוֹמֵד, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ מִטַּמְּאִין בַּנְּגָעִים מִיָּד. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, הַשְּׁתִי, אִם הָיָה רָצוּף, מִטַּמֵּא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
When raising [thread] from one coil to another, from one spool to another, or from the upper beam to the lower beam, or similarly two sides of a shirt upon one of which a *Nega* appears, the second remains pure. [If it appears while still] inside the body of the loom or on warp standing [for weaving], they become impure from *Negaim* immediately. Rabbi Shimon says, if the warp is close together it does not become impure.


###### Mishnah Negaim 11:10
[Mishnah Negaim 11:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/11:10)

נִרְאָה בַּשְּׁתִי הָעוֹמֵד, הָאָרִיג טָהוֹר. נִרְאָה בָאָרִיג, הַשְּׁתִי הָעוֹמֵד טָהוֹר. נִרְאָה בַסָּדִין, שׂוֹרֵף אֶת הַנִּימִין. נִרְאָה בַנִּימִין, הַסָּדִין טָהוֹר. חָלוּק שֶׁנִּרְאָה בוֹ נֶגַע, מַצִּיל אֶת הָאֻמְרִיּוֹת שֶׁבּוֹ, אֲפִלּוּ הֵן אַרְגָּמָן:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If [the *Nega*] appears on standing warp, the [already] woven part is still pure. If it appeared in the woven part, the standing warp remains pure. If it appears on a sheet, the fringes must be burnt. If it appears on the fringes, the rest of the sheet remains pure. A shirt upon which appears a *Nega* saves the trimmings even if they were made of purple wool.


###### Mishnah Negaim 11:11
[Mishnah Negaim 11:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/11:11)

כֹּל הָרָאוּי לִטַּמֵּא טְמֵא מֵת, אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁאֵינוֹ רָאוּי לִטַּמֵּא מִדְרָס, מִטַּמֵּא בַנְּגָעִים. כְּגוֹן קֶלַע שֶׁל סְפִינָה, וּוִילוֹן, וְשָׁבִיס שֶׁל סְבָכָה, וּמִטְפָּחוֹת שֶׁל סְפָרִים, וְגַלְגִּלּוֹן, וּרְצוּעוֹת מִנְעָל וְסַנְדָּל שֶׁיֶּשׁ בָּהֶן רֹחַב כַּגְּרִיס, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ מִטַּמְּאִין בַּנְּגָעִים. סָגוֹס שֶׁנִּרְאָה בוֹ נֶגַע, רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב אוֹמֵר, עַד שֶׁיֵּרָאֶה בָאָרִיג וּבַמּוֹכִין. הַחֵמֶת וְהַתּוּרְמָל נִרְאִין כְּדַרְכָּן, וּפוֹשֶׂה מִתּוֹכוֹ לַאֲחוֹרָיו וּמֵאֲחוֹרָיו לְתוֹכוֹ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Anything which can become impure from a dead body, even if it is not able to become impure by being sat on, can become impure from *Negaim*. For instance, the sail of a ship, a curtain, the decorative piece of a hairnet, covers of *sefarim* [books of the Tanach written in holiness, on parchment, and used for personal or public study, or for reading aloud in public. Sometimes the intent is specifically Torah scrolls], a belt, the laces of a shoe or of a sandal that has the width of a bean, can all become impure from *Negaim*. A thick wool garment upon which a *Nega* appeared, Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov says it must appear upon both the woven part and the tuft. A flask and a sack are checked as they normally would be and [a *Nega*] can spread from inside to the outside and from the outside to the inside.


###### Mishnah Negaim 11:12
[Mishnah Negaim 11:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/11:12)

בֶּגֶד הַמֻּסְגָּר שֶׁנִּתְעָרֵב בַּאֲחֵרִים, כֻּלָּן טְהוֹרִים. קְצָצוֹ וַעֲשָׂאוֹ מוֹכִין, טָהוֹר, וּמֻתָּר בַּהֲנָיָתוֹ. וְהַמֻּחְלָט שֶׁנִּתְעָרֵב בַּאֲחֵרִים, כֻּלָּם טְמֵאִין. קְצָצוֹ וַעֲשָׂאוֹ מוֹכִין, טָמֵא, וְאָסוּר בַּהֲנָיָתוֹ:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
If a quarantined piece of clothing became mixed up in other [clothing], they are all pure. If he shredded it and made it into rags, it is pure and he can derive benefit from it. If a declared [impure] piece of clothing became mixed up with other [clothing], they are all impure. If he shredded it and made it into rags, it is still impure and he is forbidden to derive benefit from it.