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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…
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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…
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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…
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The launder process for a garment nega
For the Studying Kohen Inspection, Instruction, and Declaration This material is open to every learner, but it is directed especially to the Kohen. In the laws of garment nega’im, the Torah entrusts the Kohen with the formal viewing of the affected article, the instruction that governs its quarantine and laundering, the later re-examination, and the…
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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…
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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.
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Shchin שחין
Shchin שחין is the Torah word for the condition known as eczema although shchin is broader in terms that it includes also a discoloring brought on by external sources such as boiling water. Common roots are found in schin and eczema as they both in a sense mean excessive heat, this characterizes what on fact…
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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…
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Michyeh (vitiligo classification)
Michyeh, מחיה, is an area inside a nega (any of the four nega hues) that has an appearance of non-affected and healthy skin. Although the michyeh can make its appearance on the interior of the bahereth and its sapachath, it more often appears inside a se’eth nega. The minimal size of the michyeh is כעדשה…
