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Mishnah Negaim 4:5: A Baheret like [the size of] a bean [which is the minimum size of a valid Nega] and a string [of expanded Nega] extends out of it, if it has the width of two hairs, it is obligated [in the laws of impurity] with regards to white hair [in it] and [further] expansion but not [regarding] a patch of healthy skin. Two Baherot and a narrow strip extend from one to the other, if it has the width of two hairs, he combines them [to form one Nega]. And if not, he does not combine them.

בַּהֶרֶת כַּגְּרִיס וְחוּט יוֹצֵא מִמֶּנָּה, אִם יֶשׁ בּוֹ רֹחַב שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת, זוֹקְקָהּ לְשֵׂעָר לָבָן וּלְפִסְיוֹן, אֲבָל לֹא לְמִחְיָה. שְׁתֵּי בֶהָרוֹת וְחוּט יוֹצֵא מִזּוֹ לָזוֹ, אִם יֶשׁ בּוֹ רֹחַב שְׁתֵּי שְׂעָרוֹת, מְצָרְפָן. וְאִם לָאו, אֵין מְצָרְפָן:

Mishnah Negaim 4:6: A Baheret like [the size of] a bean in which there is a healthy patch of skin like [the size of] a lentil and there is white hair inside the patch, [if] the patch of healthy skin goes away, it is [still] impure because of the white hair. If the white hair goes away, it is [still] impure because of the patch of healthy skin. Rabbi Shimon calls it pure, because the Baheret has not changed it [into becoming white]. A Baheret [in which] it and its patch of healthy skin [together fill an area] like a bean, and there is white hair in the Baheret, [if] the healthy patch goes away, it is [still] impure because of the white hair. [If] the white hair disappears, it is [still] impure because of the healthy patch. Rabbi Shimon calls it pure, because the Baheret [that fills an area] like a bean has not changed it [into becoming white]. But [Rabbi Shimon] agrees that if the area of the white hair is like a bean, it is impure.

בַּהֶרֶת כַּגְּרִיס וּבָהּ מִחְיָה כָעֲדָשָׁה וְשֵׂעָר לָבָן בְּתוֹךְ הַמִּחְיָה, הָלְכָה הַמִּחְיָה, טְמֵאָה מִפְּנֵי שֵׂעָר לָבָן. הָלַךְ שֵׂעָר לָבָן, טָמֵא מִפְּנֵי הַמִּחְיָה. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן מְטַהֵר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁלֹּא הֲפָכַתּוּ הַבַּהֶרֶת. בַּהֶרֶת, הִיא וּמִחְיָתָהּ כַּגְּרִיס, וְשֵׂעָר לָבָן בְּתוֹךְ הַבַּהֶרֶת, הָלְכָה הַמִּחְיָה, טְמֵאָה מִפְּנֵי שֵׂעָר לָבָן. הָלַךְ שֵׂעָר לָבָן, טָמֵא מִפְּנֵי הַמִּחְיָה. רַבִּי שִׁמְעוֹן מְטַהֵר, מִפְּנֵי שֶׁלֹּא הֲפָכַתּוּ בַהֶרֶת כַּגְּרִיס. וּמוֹדֶה, שֶׁאִם יֵשׁ בִּמְקוֹם שֵׂעָר לָבָן כַּגְּרִיס, שֶׁהוּא טָמֵא:

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