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Mishnah Negaim 10:9: Someone who had a Netek like [the size of] a bean and [then] his entire head was [covered by the] Netek, he is pure. The head and the beard do not stop each other [from making him pure if one of them is entirely covered but the other is not]. These are the words of Rabbi Yehuda. Rabbi Shimon says: They do stop each other [if one is not fully covered]. Rabbi Shimon said: And this is logical; just as the skin of the face and the skin of the flesh, which have something else [i.e. a beard] separating between them, stop each other [if one is not fully covered], the head and the beard, which do not have something else separating between them, is it not logical that they should stop each other?! The head and the beard do not combine with each other [to constitute the minimum area required for impurity] and cannot expand from one to the other. What is [considered] the beard? From the joint of the jawbone to the thyroid cartilage.

מִי שֶׁהָיָה בוֹ נֶתֶק כַּגְּרִיס, וְנִתַּק כָּל רֹאשׁוֹ, טָהוֹר. הָרֹאשׁ וְהַזָּקָן אֵין מְעַכְּבִין זֶה אֶת זֶה, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן אוֹמֵר, מְעַכְּבִין זֶה אֶת זֶה. אָמַר רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן, וְדִין הוּא, מָה אִם עוֹר הַפָּנִים וְעוֹר הַבָּשָׂר, שֶׁיֵּשׁ דָּבָר אַחֵר מַפְסִיק בֵּינֵיהֶם, מְעַכְּבִין זֶה אֶת זֶה, הָרֹאשׁ וְהַזָּקָן שֶׁאֵין דָּבָר אַחֵר מַפְסִיק בֵּינֵיהֶם, אֵינוֹ דִין שֶׁיְּעַכְּבוּ זֶה אֶת זֶה. הָרֹאשׁ וְהַזָּקָן אֵין מִצְטָרְפִין זֶה עִם זֶה, וְאֵין פּוֹשִׂין מִזֶּה לָזֶה. אֵיזֶה הוּא זָקָן, מִן הַפֶּרֶק שֶׁל לֶחִי עַד פִּקָּה שֶׁל גַּרְגָּרֶת:

Mishnah Negaim 10:10: The Karachat [blemish that balds the back of the head] or Gabachat [blemish that balds the top of the head] are made impure after two weeks [maximum], and through two signs: a healthy patch of skin or an expansion. What is [the source of] Karachat? [If] he eats a balding medicine, [or] he anointed with a balding medicine, [or] a [head] wound that is not able to grow hair. What is [the location of] Karachat? From the crown sloping backward until the cartilage of the neck. What is [the location of] Gabachat? From the crown sloping forward until the upper hair[line]. Karachat and Gabachat do not combine with each other [to constitute the minimum area required for impurity] and cannot expand from one to the other. Rabbi Yehuda says: If there is hair between them, they do not combine. But if not, surely they combine.

הַקָּרַחַת וְהַגַּבַּחַת מִטַּמְּאוֹת בִּשְׁנֵי שָׁבוּעוֹת, בִּשְׁנֵי סִימָנִים, בְּמִחְיָה וּבְפִסְיוֹן. אֵיזוֹ הִיא קָרַחַת, אָכַל נֶשֶׁם, סָךְ נֶשֶׁם, מַכָּה שֶׁאֵינָהּ רְאוּיָה לְגַדֵּל שֵׂעָר. אֵיזוֹ הִיא קָרַחַת, מִן הַקָּדְקֹד הַשּׁוֹפֵעַ לַאֲחוֹרָיו עַד פִּקָּה שֶׁל צַוָּאר. אֵיזוֹ הִיא גַּבַּחַת, מִן הַקָּדְקֹד הַשּׁוֹפֵעַ לְפָנָיו עַד כְּנֶגֶד שֵׂעָר מִלְמַעְלָן. הַקָּרַחַת וְהַגַּבַּחַת אֵינָן מִצְטָרְפוֹת זוֹ עִם זוֹ, וְאֵינָן פּוֹשׂוֹת מִזּוֹ לָזוֹ. רַבִּי יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר, אִם יֵשׁ שֵׂעָר בֵּינֵיהֶן, אֵינָן מִצְטָרְפוֹת. וְאִם לָאו, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ מִצְטָרְפוֹת:

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