## Mishnah Negaim Chapter 5

###### Mishnah Negaim 5:1
[Mishnah Negaim 5:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/5:1)

כָּל סְפֵק נְגָעִים טָהוֹר, חוּץ מִזֶּה, וְעוֹד אַחֵר. וְאֵיזֶה, זֶה מִי שֶׁהָיְתָה בוֹ בַּהֶרֶת כַּגְּרִיס וְהִסְגִּירָהּ, בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ וַהֲרֵי הִיא כַּסֶּלַע, סָפֵק שֶׁהִיא הִיא, סָפֵק שֶׁאַחֶרֶת בָּאָה תַחְתֶּיהָ, טָמֵא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Any doubt regarding *Negaim* [diseased patches on skin, clothes, or houses that create impurity] is considered pure except for this [the following case] and another. And which is [this case]? Someone who had upon him a *Baheret* [type of diseased patch that creates impurity] like [the size of] a bean, and quarantined it, and behold at the end of the week it was the size of a Sela [coin bigger than a bean, but] it is doubtful whether it was it [the original *Nega*] or whether another [*Nega*] had come in place of it, [this case is ruled] impure.


###### Mishnah Negaim 5:2
[Mishnah Negaim 5:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/5:2)

הֶחְלִיטוֹ בְשֵׂעָר לָבָן, הָלַךְ שֵׂעָר לָבָן וְחָזַר שֵׂעָר לָבָן, וְכֵן בְּמִחְיָה וּבְפִשְׂיוֹן, בַּתְּחִלָּה וּבְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ רִאשׁוֹן, בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ שֵׁנִי, לְאַחַר הַפְּטוּר, הֲרֵי הִיא כְמוֹ שֶׁהָיְתָה. הֶחְלִיטוֹ בְמִחְיָה, וְהָלְכָה הַמִּחְיָה וְחָזְרָה הַמִּחְיָה. וְכֵן בְּשֵׂעָר לָבָן וּבְפִשְׂיוֹן, בַּתְּחִלָּה, בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ רִאשׁוֹן, בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ שֵׁנִי, לְאַחַר הַפְּטוּר, הֲרֵי הִיא כְמוֹ שֶׁהָיְתָה. הֶחְלִיטוֹ בְפִשְׂיוֹן, הָלַךְ הַפִּשְׂיוֹן וְחָזַר הַפִּשְׂיוֹן. וְכֵן בְּשֵׂעָר לָבָן, בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ רִאשׁוֹן, בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ שֵׁנִי, לְאַחַר הַפְּטוּר, הֲרֵי הִיא כְמוֹת שֶׁהָיְתָה:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
[If] he decided it [to be impure] by its white hair [seen in the *Nega*], [if] the white hair went away and then the white hair reappeared, and so too [if the hair was replaced with] a healthy patch of skin or an expansion, [whether he decided it by its white hair] initially, at the end of the first week, at the end of the second week, or after it was exempted, behold it returns to its previous status [of impurity]. [If] he decided it [to be impure] by a healthy patch of skin [seen in the *Nega*], [if] the healthy patch of skin went away and then the healthy patch of skin reappeared, and so too [if the patch was replaced with] white hair or an expansion, [whether he decided it by its healthy patch of skin] initially, at the end of the first week, at the end of the second week, or after it was exempted, behold it returns to its previous status [of impurity]. [If] he decided it [to be impure] by an expansion [of the *Nega*], [if] the expansion went away and then the expansion reappeared, and so too [if the expansion was replaced with] white hair, [whether he decided it by its expansion] at the end of the first week, at the end of the second week, or after it was exempted, behold it returns to its previous status [of impurity].


###### Mishnah Negaim 5:3
[Mishnah Negaim 5:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/5:3)

שְׂעַר פְּקֻדָּה, עֲקַבְיָא בֶן מַהֲלַלְאֵל מְטַמֵּא, וַחֲכָמִים מְטַהֲרִין. אֵיזֶה הוּא שְׂעַר פְּקֻדָּה, מִי שֶׁהָיְתָה בוֹ בַהֶרֶת וּבָהּ שֵׂעָר לָבָן, הָלְכָה הַבַּהֶרֶת וְהִנִּיחָה לְשֵׂעָר לָבָן בִּמְקוֹמוֹ וְחָזְרָה, עֲקַבְיָא בֶן מַהֲלַלְאֵל מְטַמֵּא, וַחֲכָמִים מְטַהֲרִין. אָמַר רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא, מוֹדֶה אֲנִי בְזֶה שֶׁהוּא טָהוֹר. אֵיזֶה הוּא שְׂעַר פְּקֻדָּה, מִי שֶׁהָיְתָה בוֹ בַהֶרֶת כַּגְּרִיס וּבָהּ שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת, וְהָלַךְ הֵימֶנָּה כַחֲצִי גְרִיס וְהִנִּיחוֹ לְשֵׂעָר לָבָן בִּמְקוֹם הַבַּהֶרֶת וְחָזַר. אָמְרוּ לוֹ, כְּשֵׁם שֶׁבִּטְּלוּ אֶת דִּבְרֵי עֲקַבְיָא, אַף דְּבָרֶיךָ אֵינָן מְקֻיָּמִין:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
The hair of *Pekudah* - Akavya ben Mahalal'el declares impure and the Sages declare pure. What is the hair of *Pekudah*? Someone who had upon him a *Baheret* with white hair in it, [if] the *Baheret* disappeared and left white hair in its place, and then returned - Akavya ben Mahalal'el declares it impure and the Sages declare it pure. Rabbi Akiva said: "I agree [with the Sages] in this [case] that it is pure." What is the hair of *Pekudah* [about which Rabbi Akiva disagrees with the Sages]? Someone who had upon him a *Baheret* like [the size of] a bean with two [white] hairs in it, and then [the size of] half a bean went from it and left the white hair in the area of the *Baheret* and [then] returned. They [the Sages] said to him: Just like they discredited Akavya’s words, so too your words will not be established [as law].


###### Mishnah Negaim 5:4
[Mishnah Negaim 5:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Mishnah%20Negaim/r/5:4)

כָּל סְפֵק נְגָעִים בַּתְּחִלָּה טָהוֹר, עַד שֶׁלֹּא נִזְקַק לְטֻמְאָה. מִשֶּׁנִּזְקַק לְטֻמְאָה, סְפֵקוֹ טָמֵא. כֵּיצַד. שְׁנַיִם שֶׁבָּאוּ אֵצֶל כֹּהֵן, בָּזֶה בַהֶרֶת כַּגְּרִיס וּבָזֶה כַּסֶּלַע, בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ בָּזֶה כַּסֶּלַע וּבָזֶה כַּסֶּלַע, וְאֵינוֹ יָדוּעַ בְּאֵיזֶה מֵהֶן פָּשָׂה, בֵּין בְּאִישׁ אֶחָד בֵּין בִּשְׁנֵי אֲנָשִׁים, טָהוֹר. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר, בְּאִישׁ אֶחָד, טָמֵא. וּבִשְׁנֵי אֲנָשִׁים, טָהוֹר:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Any doubt regarding *Negaim* initially is considered pure, until it has been obligated in impurity. Once it has been obligated in impurity, its doubt is considered impure. How so? Two who came to a priest, one with a *Baheret* like [the size of] a bean, and one like a *Sela*. At the end of the week [of quarantine], one is like a Sela and the other is like a Sela, but its unclear which one expanded. [This law applies] whether it was one person [with two Negaim] or two people, it is considered pure. Rabbi Akiva says: Regarding one person, it is impure but regarding two people, it is pure.


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

מִשֶּׁנִּזְקַק לְטֻמְאָה, סְפֵקוֹ טָמֵא. כֵּיצַד. שְׁנַיִם שֶׁבָּאוּ אֵצֶל כֹּהֵן, בָּזֶה בַהֶרֶת כַּגְּרִיס וּבָזֶה כַּסֶּלַע, בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ בָּזֶה כַּסֶּלַע וָעוֹד וּבָזֶה כַּסֶּלַע וָעוֹד, שְׁנֵיהֶן טְמֵאִין. אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁחָזְרוּ לִהְיוֹת כַּסֶּלַע וְכַסֶּלַע, שְׁנֵיהֶן טְמֵאִין, עַד שֶׁיַּחְזְרוּ לִהְיוֹת כַּגְּרִיס. זֶה הוּא שֶׁאָמְרוּ, מִשֶּׁנִּזְקַק לְטֻמְאָה, סְפֵקוֹ טָמֵא:

**Sefaria Community Translation:**
Once [the *Nega*] has been obligated in impurity, its doubt is considered impure. How so? If two [people] came to a priest, one with a *Baheret* like [the size of] a bean, and one like a *Sela*. At the end of the week [of quarantine], if one is like [the size of] a *Sela* and more and the other is like [the size of] a *Sela* and more, both of them are impure. Even if [their *Negaim*] return to both be like [the size of] a *Sela*, they are impure until they return to be like [the size of] a bean. This is as they said: Once it has been obligated in impurity, its doubt is considered impure.