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Putuch פתוך
For the Studying Kohen Knowledge Before Declaration This material is open to every serious learner, but it is arranged especially for the Kohen, whom the Torah designates to view the appearance and issue the operative declaration of tamei or tahor. The Kohen is not intended to serve merely as the voice of another person’s conclusion….
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…
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…
Sapachath ספחת
For the Studying Kohen Learning to Distinguish the Torah’s Named Shades These laws may be studied by every serious student of Torah. Yet the Torah entrusts the formal viewing of a nega and the operative declaration of tamei or tahor to the Kohen alone. The Kohen is therefore not meant to serve as an uninformed…
Michve מכוה
The Torah discusses michve right after shchin, michve is an accidental scalding of the skin by fire, boiling water, a red hot iron or basically anything that burns.
The michve alone is not a call for tumah but it, like the shchin, can be a host for the shades of white as well as the discoloring of (at least) two white hairs that indicate tumah.
Purification ceremony for Tzaraath
For the Studying Kohen Preparing to Carry the Torah’s Purification Process The laws of the metzora may be studied by all Israel, but the Torah entrusts the Kohen with the formal examination, declaration, and essential priestly acts of the purification process. The Kohen is therefore called to become knowledgeable in the appearances, their names, and…

