Questions tagged [maseches-negaim]
Tractate concerning laws of impurity of skin/house/clothes disease mentioned Vayikra13-14
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Can one remove the impurity of Tzara’at on a garment by dying it?
The Mishnah in Negaim 11:3 says that colored garments cannot become impure from signs of Tzara’at.
The question is: if a plain garment already has signs of Tzara’at on it, if one dyed it afterwards, ...
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Making tamei tahor and tahor tamei - Negaim
Chazal make a big deal out the fact that the ashes of the Parah Adumah are מטהר את הטמא and מטמא את הטהור. It is considered to be the thing that made Parah Adumah inexplicable even to Shlomo Hamelech.
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Why a round Succah is not Dirat Kevah (permanent dwelling)?
אחרים אומרים סוכה העשויה כשובך פסולה לפי שאין לה זויות
Aḥerim (R'Meir?) say: A Succah built in a circular shape like a dovecote is unfit, because it does not have corners. [and a permanent residence ...
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What's the difference between a house imparting impurity from the inside and to one entering it? (Nega'im 13:4)
Nega'im 13:4:
בַּיִת הַמֻּסְגָּר, מְטַמֵּא מִתּוֹכוֹ. וְהַמֻּחְלָט, מִתּוֹכוֹ וּמֵאֲחוֹרָיו. זֶה וָזֶה מְטַמְּאִין בְּבִיאָה:
A house that has been isolated conveys uncleanness from its ...
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Can one say to the Kohen, "A nega appeared on my body"?
In discussing tzara'at which afflicts houses, Vayikra 14:35 describes the start of the procedure to declare the house impure as follows:
וּבָא֙ אֲשֶׁר־ל֣וֹ הַבַּ֔יִת וְהִגִּ֥יד לַכֹּהֵ֖ן לֵאמֹ֑ר ...
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Why is the possibility of being able to eventually rule a nega' impure necessary in order to quarantine it initially?
Nega'im 9:3:
שָׁאֲלוּ אֶת רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר, מִי שֶׁעָלְתָה לְתוֹךְ יָדוֹ בַּהֶרֶת כַּסֶּלַע וּמְקוֹמָהּ צָרֶבֶת שְׁחִין. אָמַר לָהֶם, יַסְגִּיר. אָמְרוּ לוֹ, לָמָּה, לְגַדֵּל שֵׂעָר לָבָן אֵינָהּ ...
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Why do mishnayot teach historical halachot?
Why are there mishnayot which discuss halachot of situations that occured in history and can never occur again?
As an example of this phenomenon, consider Nega'im 7:1:
אֵלּוּ בֶהָרוֹת טְהוֹרוֹת. ...
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What does R. Meir hold about the case in Nega'im 6:2?
Nega'im 6:3:
בַּהֶרֶת כַּגְּרִיס וּבָהּ מִחְיָה פְחוּתָה מִכָּעֲדָשָׁה ... רָבְתָה הַמִּחְיָה, טְמֵאָה. נִתְמַעֲטָה, רַבִּי מֵאִיר מְטַמֵּא, וַחֲכָמִים מְטַהֲרִים, שֶׁאֵין הַנֶּגַע פּוֹשֶׂה ...
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Why are doubtful nega'im (generally) pure? (Nega'im 5:1)
Nega'im 5:1 teaches that all cases of doubtful nega'im are to be ruled pure, with two exceptions:
A case where it is unclear whether white hairs in a nega' appeared before or after the nega' itself.
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R. Akiva's opinion regarding tzara'at that expands and contracts (Nega'im 4:7-8)
Nega'im 4:7:
.כָּנְסָה וּפָשְׂתָה, פָּשְׂתָה וְכָנְסָה, רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא מְטַמֵּא
If it contracted and [then] expanded , or expanded and [then] contracted, Rabbi Akiva calls it impure.
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Asymmetry of R. Meir's times to inspect tzara'at (Nega'im 2:2)
Nega'im 2:2:
אֵין רוֹאִים הַנְּגָעִים בַּשַּׁחֲרִית וּבֵין הָעַרְבַּיִם, וְלֹא בְתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת, וְלֹא בַיּוֹם הַמְעֻנָּן, לְפִי שֶׁהַכֵּהָה נִרְאֵית עַזָּה. וְלֹא בַצָּהֳרַיִם, לְפִי שֶׁעַזָּה ...
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Razor used by Leviyim, Nezirim and Lepers
וְכֹֽה־תַעֲשֶׂ֤ה לָהֶם֙ לְטַֽהֲרָ֔ם הַזֵּ֥ה עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם מֵ֣י חַטָּ֑את וְהֶעֱבִ֤ירוּ תַ֙עַר֙ עַל־כָּל־בְּשָׂרָ֔ם וְכִבְּס֥וּ בִגְדֵיהֶ֖ם וְהִטֶּהָֽרוּ׃
This is what you shall do to them, to purify them; ...
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A question on the Mishna, Negaim 11:7
In Negaim 11:5, the mishna lists one of the preconditions for burning a garment: if its green or red discolouration hasn't changed for two weeks. Two mishnayot later, in 11:7, Rabbi Eliezer is asked ...
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German and Ethiopian Jews in the time of the Mishna?
According to Negaim 3:1, the laws of negaim only apply to Jews (הכל מטּמאין בנגעים חוץ מגוים), but according to Negaim 2:1 they apply to people from Germany (גרמני) and Ethiopia (or Numibia, etc; ״כוש״...
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Understanding a qal vechomer in the Mishna
This is a fairly long-handled question, but it boils down to a desire to understand R' Shimon's qal vechomer in the Mishna, Negaim 10:2. Usually, for a qal vechomer to work, there needs to be a ...
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