Audio by Michael Sokolow

Mishnah Negaim 13:12: If he enters a synagogue, they make for him a wall ten Tefachim [specific unit of length] high by four Tefachim wide. He enters first and exits last. Anything that is saved by a seal in the tent of a dead person is saved by a seal in a house with a Nega. Whatever is saved by being covered in the tent of a dead person is saved by being covered in a house with a Nega, says Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Yossi says, Anything that is saved by a seal in the tent of a dead person is saved by being covered in a house with a Nega. Whatever is saved by being covered in the tent of a dead person, even if it is uncovered in a house with a Nega, remains pure.

נִכְנַס לְבֵית הַכְּנֶסֶת, עוֹשִׂים לוֹ מְחִצָּה גְבוֹהָה עֲשָׂרָה טְפָחִים עַל רֹחַב אַרְבַּע אַמּוֹת. נִכְנָס רִאשׁוֹן, וְיוֹצֵא אַחֲרוֹן. כֹּל הַמַּצִּיל צָמִיד פָּתִיל בְּאֹהֶל הַמֵּת, מַצִּיל צָמִיד פָּתִיל בְּבַיִת הַמְנֻגָּע. וְכֹל הַמַּצִּיל מְכֻסֶּה בְאֹהֶל הַמֵּת, מַצִּיל מְכֻסֶּה בְּבַיִת הַמְנֻגָּע, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי מֵאִיר. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, כֹּל הַמַּצִּיל צָמִיד פָּתִיל בְּאֹהֶל הַמֵּת, מַצִּיל מְכֻסֶּה בְּבַיִת הַמְנֻגָּע. כֹּל הַמַּצִּיל מְכֻסֶּה בְאֹהֶל הַמֵּת, אֲפִלּוּ מְגֻלֶּה בְּבַיִת הַמְנֻגָּע, טָהוֹר:

Mishnah Negaim 14:1: How does one purify the leper? He would bring a new earthenware pitcher and place within it a Revi'it [specific unit of volume] of spring water and bring two wild birds. He slaughters one of them over the earthenware vessel and the spring water. He digs and buries it before him. He takes cedar wood, and hyssop and a red string and ties them together with the ends of the string. He surrounds them with the tips of the wings and the tip of the tail of the second one. He dips and sprinkles seven times on the back of the hand of the leper. Some say on his forehead. And so too would he sprinkle on the outer lintel of the house.

כֵּיצַד מְטַהֲרִין אֶת הַמְּצֹרָע. הָיָה מֵבִיא פְיָלִי שֶׁל חֶרֶשׂ חֲדָשָׁה וְנוֹתֵן לְתוֹכָהּ רְבִיעִית מַיִם חַיִּים, וּמֵבִיא שְׁתֵּי צִפֳּרִים דְּרוֹר. שָׁחַט אֶת אַחַת מֵהֶן עַל כְּלִי חֶרֶשׂ וְעַל מַיִם חַיִּים. חָפַר וְקוֹבְרָהּ בְּפָנָיו. נָטַל עֵץ אֶרֶז וְאֵזוֹב וּשְׁנִי תוֹלַעַת וּכְרָכָן בִּשְׁיָרֵי הַלָּשׁוֹן, וְהִקִּיף לָהֶם רָאשֵׁי אֲגַפַּיִם וְרֹאשׁ הַזָּנָב שֶׁל שְׁנִיָּה. טָבַל וְהִזָּה שֶׁבַע פְּעָמִים לְאַחַר יָדוֹ שֶׁל מְצֹרָע, וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים, עַל מִצְחוֹ. וְכָךְ הָיָה מַזֶּה עַל הַשְּׁקוֹף שֶׁבַּבַּיִת מִבַּחוּץ:

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