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Mishnah Negaim 10:3: [A Netek] that sprouts [normal hair] saves him from the [impurity caused by] yellow hair or expansion, [whether it is] concentrated or scattered, [entirely] surrounded [by the Netek] or not [entirely] surrounded. And the remaining [normal hair, which preexists the Netek,] saves him from [impurity caused by] yellow hair or from expansion, [whether it is] concentrated or scattered, or [entirely] surrounded. But it does not save when on the edge [of the Netek] unless it is a distance of two hairs from the upright [normal hairs surrounding the Netek]. One yellow [hair] and one black [hair, which preexist the Netek], [or] one yellow and one white, do not save [him from impurity].

הַצּוֹמֵחַ מַצִּיל מִיַּד הַשֵּׂעָר צָהֹב וּמִיַּד הַפִּשְׂיוֹן, מְכֻנָּס, וּמְפֻזָּר, מְבֻצָּר, וְשֶׁלֹּא מְבֻצָּר. וְהַמְשֹׁאָר מַצִּיל מִיַּד שֵׂעָר צָהֹב וּמִיַּד הַפִּשְׂיוֹן, מְכֻנָּס, וּמְפֻזָּר, וּמְבֻצָּר. וְאֵינוֹ מַצִּיל מִן הַצַּד, עַד שֶׁיְּהֵא רָחוֹק מִן הַקָּמָה מְקוֹם שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת. אַחַת צְהֻבָּה וְאַחַת שְׁחֹרָה, אַחַת צְהֻבָּה וְאַחַת לְבָנָה, אֵינָן מַצִּילוֹת:

Mishnah Negaim 10:4: Yellow hair that preexisted the Netek is pure. Rabbi Yehuda declares impure. Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov says: It does not make impure, but it does not save [from impurity]. Rabbi Shimon says: Anything that is not a sign of impurity in the Netek is surely a sign of purity in the Netek!

שֵׂעָר צָהֹב שֶׁקָּדַם אֶת הַנֶּתֶק, טָהוֹר. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה מְטַמֵּא. רַבִּי אֱלִיעֶזֶר בֶּן יַעֲקֹב אוֹמֵר, לֹא מְטַמֵּא וְלֹא מַצִּיל. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, כֹּל שֶׁאֵינוֹ סִימַן טֻמְאָה בַנֶּתֶק, הֲרֵי הוּא סִימַן טָהֳרָה בַנָּתֶק:

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