וְרָאָ֨ה הַכֹּהֵ֜ן אֶת־הַנֶּ֗גַע וְהִנֵּ֤ה מַרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ עָמֹ֣ק מִן־הָע֔וֹר וּב֛וֹ שֵׂעָ֥ר צָהֹ֖ב דָּ֑ק וְטִמֵּ֨א אֹת֤וֹ הַכֹּהֵן֙ נֶ֣תֶק ה֔וּא צָרַ֧עַת הָרֹ֛אשׁ א֥וֹ הַזָּקָ֖ן הֽוּא׃
o sacerdote examinará a praga, e se ela parecer mais profunda que a pele, e nela houver pêlo fino amarelo, o sacerdote o declarará imundo; é <span class="x" onmousemove="Show('perush','Hebraico: nêteq- refere-se ao local na cabeça e na barba onde haja caído o cabelo anormalmente, não por calvçície natural, nem por meios voluntários. A mulher na qual nunca cresceram fios de barba, não está classificada nesta lei, senão nos casos acima, onde refere-se à pele simplesmente, e o mesmo com a cabeça do bebê na qual jamais houve cabelo.');" onmouseout="Hide('perush');">tinha</span>, é lepra da cabeça ou da barba.
Sifra
1) (Vayikra 13:29) ("And a man or a woman — if there be in it a plague-spot, in the head or in the beard (Vayikra 13:30) then the Cohein shall see the plague-spot; and if its appearance is deeper than the skin and there is in it thin yellow hair, then the Cohein shall declare him tamei. It is a nethek (a scall); it is leprosy of the head or the beard.") "And a man": to include a nethek within a nethek (as being tamei). "a man or a woman": This tells me only of a (distinct) man or woman. Whence do I derive for inclusion a tumtum (one whose sex is in doubt) or a hermaphrodite? From "or." "if there be in it a plague-spot in the head or in the beard": This teaches us that the head and the beard do not combine with each other (vis-à-vis the minimum size for tumah).
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2) I might think that though they do not combine with each other, they can spread from one to the other (vis-à-vis "spreading" uncleanliness); it is, therefore, written (Vayikra 13:30) "leprosy of the head or the beard" — Just as they do not combine with each other, so they do not spread from one to the other.
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