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Mishnah Negaim 1:4: Rabbi Chanania the vice of the priests says: The appearances of Negaim are sixteen. Rabbi Dosa ben Harkinas says: The appearances of Negaim are thirty-six. Akavia ben Mahalalel says: seventy-two. Rabbi Chanania the vice of the priests says: One may not examine the Negaim initially after Shabbat [in order to diagnose them] because then [the end of] his week [of impurity] will fall on Shabbat. And not on the second day [of the week] because then [the end of] his second week will fall on Shabbat. And not on the third day [of the week] for the case of [the Nega afflicting] houses, because then [the end of] its third week will fall on Shabbat. Rabbi Akiva says: One always examines. If [the end of the week] fell out on Shabbat, they would push off [the examination] until after Shabbat. And this matter has both leniency and stringency.

רַבִּי חֲנִינָא סְגַן הַכֹּהֲנִים אוֹמֵר, מַרְאוֹת נְגָעִים שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר. רַבִּי דוֹסָא בֶּן הַרְכִּינַס אוֹמֵר, מַרְאוֹת נְגָעִים שְׁלשִׁים וְשִׁשָּׁה. עֲקַבְיָא בֶן מַהֲלַלְאֵל אוֹמֵר, שִׁבְעִים וּשְׁנָיִם. רַבִּי חֲנִינָא סְגַן הַכֹּהֲנִים אוֹמֵר, אֵין רוֹאִים אֶת הַנְּגָעִים בַּתְּחִלָּה לְאַחַר הַשַּׁבָּת, שֶׁשָּׁבוּעַ שֶׁלּוֹ חָל לִהְיוֹת בְּשַׁבָּת. וְלֹא בַשֵּׁנִי, שֶׁשָּׁבוּעַ שֵׁנִי שֶׁלּוֹ חָל לִהְיוֹת בְּשַׁבָּת. וְלֹא בַשְּׁלִישִׁי לַבָּתִּים, שֶׁשָּׁבוּעַ שְׁלִישִׁי שֶׁלּוֹ חָל לִהְיוֹת בְּשַׁבָּת. רַבִּי עֲקִיבָא אוֹמֵר, לְעוֹלָם רוֹאִים. חָל לִהְיוֹת בְּתוֹךְ הַשַּׁבָּת, מַעֲבִירִין לְאַחַר הַשַּׁבָּת. וְיֵשׁ בַּדָּבָר לְהָקֵל וּלְהַחְמִיר:

Mishnah Negaim 1:5: How [is waiting until after Shabbat considered] a leniency? [If] he had in [the Nega] white hair [on Shabbat] and [after Shabbat] the white hair disappeared from it, [or if] if there were white [hairs] and they blackened, [or if there were] one white and one black, and the two of them blackened, [or if the hairs were] long and they were shortened, [or if there were] one long and one short, and the two of them were shortened, [or if] a boil encroached upon the two of them or upon one of them, [or if] a boil surrounded the two of them or one of them, or divided them - [this refers to] a boil, a partly-healed boil, a burn, a partly-healed burn, or a Bohak [very white blemish]. [Other cases of leniency include if the skin] had a healed part and then the healed part went away, [or if the area of the Nega] was square and became circular or stretched, [or if a healed part of skin] was surrounded [by a Nega] and then [the Nega] moved to the side, [or if the healed part of skin] was concentrated and then became scattered, [or if] a boil came and went into [the healed part of the skin], surrounded it, split it, or diminished it - [this refers to] a boil, a partly-healed boil, a burn, a partly-healed burn, or a Bohak. [Other cases of leniency include if the Nega] had an extension and then the extension went away, or if the original [Nega] went away, or it decreased [so that] there was not between this one and that one [i.e. between the original and the extension] an [area of] a bean, [or if a] boil, a partly-healed boil, a burn, a partly-healed burn, or a Bohak separate between the original and its expansion. These are [cases in which waiting until after Shabbat is considered a] leniency.

כֵּיצַד לְהָקֵל. הָיָה בוֹ שֵׂעָר לָבָן וְהָלַךְ לוֹ שֵׂעָר לָבָן, הָיוּ לְבָנוֹת וְהִשְׁחִירוּ, אַחַת לְבָנָה וְאַחַת שְׁחוֹרָה, וְהִשְׁחִירוּ שְׁתֵּיהֶן, אֲרֻכּוֹת וְהִקְצִירוּ, אַחַת אֲרֻכָּה וְאַחַת קְצָרָה וְהִקְצִירוּ שְׁתֵּיהֶן, נִסְמַךְ הַשְּׁחִין לִשְׁתֵּיהֶן אוֹ לְאַחַת מֵהֶן, הִקִּיף הַשְּׁחִין לִשְׁתֵּיהֶן אוֹ לְאַחַת מֵהֶן, אוֹ חִלְּקָן הַשְּׁחִין וּמִחְיַת הַשְּׁחִין וְהַמִּכְוָה וּמִחְיַת הַמִּכְוָה וְהַבֹּהַק, הָיְתָה בוֹ מִחְיָה וְהָלְכָה לָהּ הַמִּחְיָה, הָיְתָה מְרֻבַּעַת וְנַעֲשֵׂית עֲגֻלָּה אוֹ אֲרֻכָּה, מְבֻצֶּרֶת וְנַעֲשֵׂית מִן הַצַּד, מְכֻנֶּסֶת וְנִתְפַּזְּרָה, וּבָא הַשְּׁחִין וְנִכְנַס בְּתוֹכָהּ. הִקִּיפָהּ, חִלְּקָהּ, אוֹ מִעֲטָהּ הַשְּׁחִין אוֹ מִחְיַת הַשְּׁחִין, וְהַמִּכְוָה וּמִחְיַת הַמִּכְוָה וְהַבֹּהַק, הָיָה בוֹ פִסְיוֹן וְהָלַךְ לוֹ פִסְיוֹן, אוֹ שֶׁהָלְכָה לָהּ הָאוֹם אוֹ שֶׁנִּתְמַעֲטָה וְאֵין בָּזֶה וּבָזֶה כַגְּרִיס, הַשְּׁחִין וּמִחְיַת הַשְּׁחִין וְהַמִּכְוָה וּמִחְיַת הַמִּכְוָה וְהַבֹּהַק חוֹלְקִין בֵּין הָאוֹם לַפִּסְיוֹן, הֲרֵי אֵלּוּ לְהָקֵל:

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