Today's Mishnah Yomi
Negaim 5:4 - 5:5
The Mishnah Yomi for Friday, December 4, 2026 is Negaim 5:4 - 5:5
Mishnah 1
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נגעים פרק ה׳ משנה ד׳
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בין באיש אחד. אע״ג דמה נפשך יש בו בהרת אחת שפשתה, אותה שתחלתה כגריס ועכשיו כסלע, והיה ראוי להחליטו, אפילו הכי הואיל ואינו יודע על איזה נגע מחליט, טהור מגזירת הכתוב דכתיב (ויקרא י״ג:כ״ב) ואם פשה תפשה בעור וטימא הכהן אותו, את הנגע הודאי הוא מטמא, ואינו מטמא את הנגע שיש בו ספק:
בין בשני אנשים. אע״פ שאחד מהם טעון הסגר שבעת ימים שנית בסוף שבוע ראשון, והאחר מוחלט, הואיל ואינו יודע איזה להסגיר ואיזה להחליט, שניהם טהורים מגזרת הכתוב:
ר׳ עקיבא אומר כו׳ ואין הלכה כר׳ עקיבא:
Mishnah 2
Mishnayos Negaim Perek 5 Mishnah 5
נגעים פרק ה׳ משנה ה׳
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שניהם טמאים – since it spread in both of them.
אף על פי שחזרו להיות כסלע – for now one of them is ritually pure, but since they were obliged to regard themselves/obligate themselves for defilement, both of them are impure, as it is written (Leviticus 13:23): “[But if the discoloration remains stationary, not having spread, it is the scar of the inflammation] the priest shall declare him pure”/"וטהרו הכהן" - that which is definitive, he (i.e., the Kohen) declares pure, but he does not declare pure the doubtful (see also Sifra on his verse in Leviticus).
עד שיחזרו להיות גריס – that now, certainly both of them are ritually pure, that the spreading that on whose account they were declared to be certified lepers has disappeared from both of them.
שניהם טמאין. דבשניהם פשה:
אף על פי שחזרו להיות כסלע. דהשתא אחד מהם טהור, הואיל והוזקקו לטומאה, שניהם טמאים. דכתיב [שם] וטיהרו הכהן, את הודאי הוא מטהר, ואינו מטהר את הספק:
עד שיחזרו להיות כגריס. דהשתא ודאי שניהם טהורים, שהפשיון שבעבורו הוחלט הלך משניהם:
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בין אישר אחד – even though that which ever you turn, he has one bright white spot in the flesh that has spread, that which at its outset was like a split Cilician bean and now is like a Sela, he is fit to be declared a certified leper, nevertheless, since he (i.e., the Kohen) doesn’t know on which plague is declaring him to be a certified leper, he (i.e., the person) is pure, from the decree of the Scriptural verse, as it is written (Leviticus 13:22): “If it should spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him impure; [it is an affection],” the definitive plague he declares impure, but he doesn’t declare impure but he doesn’t defile the plague where he has doubt.
בין בשני אנשים – even though that one of them requires being shut up/isolated for seven days a second time at the end of the first week, and the other is a certified leper, but sine he doesn’t know which to shut up and which to declare a certified leper, both of them are pure from the decree from the Scriptural verse.
ר' עקיבא אומר כו' – but the Halakha is not according to Rabbi Akiba.