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Mishnayos Negaim Perek 3 Mishnah 6

נגעים פרק ג׳ משנה ו׳

6

Scalp baldness or forehead baldness [negaim] become unclean for two weeks and by one of the following two signs: by quick flesh or by a spreading. "By quick flesh," in the beginning, at the end of the first week, at the end of the second week, or after they have been pronounced clean. "Or by a spreading," at the end of the first week, at the end of the second week, or after they have been pronounced clean. They become unclean for two weeks which are only thirteen days.

הַקָּרַחַת וְהַגַּבַּחַת מִטַּמְּאוֹת בִּשְׁנֵי שָׁבוּעוֹת, וּבִשְׁנֵי סִימָנִין, בְּמִחְיָה וּבְפִשְׂיוֹן. בְּמִחְיָה, בַּתְּחִלָּה, בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ רִאשׁוֹן, בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ שֵׁנִי, לְאַחַר הַפְּטוּר. וּבְפִסְיוֹן, בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ רִאשׁוֹן, בְּסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ שֵׁנִי, וּלְאַחַר הַפְּטוּר. וּמִטַּמְּאוֹת בִּשְׁנֵי שָׁבוּעוֹת, שֶׁהֵן שְׁלשָׁה עָשָׂר יוֹם:

ו׳
Bartenura

הקרחת והבדחת – further ahead in chapter 10 [Tractate Negaim, Mishnah 10], it (i.e., the Mishnah) explains what is leprous affection on the ack of the head and what is baldness on the forehead.

במחיה ובפסיון (with quick/raw flesh and spreading) – but with white hair, they do not defile, because no hair grows in them.

הקרחת והגבחת. לקמן בפ״י מפרש איזו היא קרחת ואיזו היא גבחת:

במחיה ובפשיון. אבל בשער לבן אין מיטמאין, לפי שאין שער צומח בהן: