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Bohak בהק
Kohen Study Note Bohak: A White Appearance Below the Nega Threshold + Core Definition Bohak, בוהק, is a pale or weak white appearance whose color falls below the minimum whiteness required for a qualifying skin nega. Because it does not reach the necessary degree of white, bohak is not itself a sign of tumah. Too…
Adamdam (Tzaraat classification)
“`html Kohen Study Note Adamdam: A Reddish-White Appearance + Core Definition Adamdam, אדמדם, describes a qualifying white appearance that carries a reddish component. It distinguishes this reddish-white presentation from the ordinary white shades discussed in the laws of human-skin nega’im. How the Reddish Color May Appear The reddish quality may extend uniformly across the entire…
Wool strip colored with Tola’ath Shani
A wool strip (לשון של צמר) colored red using the famed Tola’ath Shani תולעת שני dye is a required ingredient for the purification – Tahara – process of he/she who’s skin nega has receded from it’s state of impurity – tumah. What is שני תולעת? Tosefta and talmud yerushalmi describe the תולעת שני as a…
Pisyon
Four Principal Situations When Pisyon Establishes Tumah 1 After seven days of hesger The Kohen examines the nega at the conclusion of the first seven-day quarantine period and determines whether it has spread beyond its original boundaries. 2 After two weeks of hesger Where a second period of quarantine applies, spreading discovered at the conclusion…
Gabachat גבחת
Gabachat גבחת, a baldness at the back of the scalp due to natural causes. In the case of gabachat bladness, the nethek isn’t applicable as the afflicted person has no hair. Thus, the gabachat is susceptible to the standard tzoraath where one of four shades of white make an appearance. In the case of the…

