[א] "נגע לבן אדמדם" – מלמד שהיא מטמאה בפתוך "צרעת" מלמד שהיא מטמאה במחיה. הלא דין הוא: מה אם השחין והמכוה שהם מטמאים בשער לבן אין מטמאים במחיה, קרחת וגבחת שאינן מיטמאות בשער לבן אינו דין שלא יטמאו במחיה?! ת"ל "צרעת" – מלמד שהוא מטמא במחייה.
1) (Vayikra 13:42) ("And if there be on the karachath or on the gabachath a reddish-white plague-spot, it is blossoming leprosy on his karachath or on his gabachath.") "a reddish-white plague-spot": We are hereby taught that it confers tumah intermixed. "leprosy": We are hereby taught that it confers tumah through (the eruption of) a michyah (viz. Section 4, Chapter 7:9), (michyah also being called "leprosy" [viz. Vayikra 13:11]). For (had "leprosy" not been written in this connection,) it would follow a fortiori (that it does not confer tumah through a michyah), viz.: If boil or burn, which do confer tumah through white hair, do not confer tumah through michyah, then karachath or gabachath, which do not confer tumah through white hair, how much more so should they not confer tumah through michyah! It is, therefore, written "leprosy," teaching us that it does confer tumah through michyah.
[א] "נגע לבן אדמדם" – מלמד שהיא מטמאה בפתוך "צרעת" מלמד שהיא מטמאה במחיה. הלא דין הוא: מה אם השחין והמכוה שהם מטמאים בשער לבן אין מטמאים במחיה, קרחת וגבחת שאינן מיטמאות בשער לבן אינו דין שלא יטמאו במחיה?! ת"ל "צרעת" – מלמד שהוא מטמא במחייה.
1) (Vayikra 13:42) ("And if there be on the karachath or on the gabachath a reddish-white plague-spot, it is blossoming leprosy on his karachath or on his gabachath.") "a reddish-white plague-spot": We are hereby taught that it confers tumah intermixed. "leprosy": We are hereby taught that it confers tumah through (the eruption of) a michyah (viz. Section 4, Chapter 7:9), (michyah also being called "leprosy" [viz. Vayikra 13:11]). For (had "leprosy" not been written in this connection,) it would follow a fortiori (that it does not confer tumah through a michyah), viz.: If boil or burn, which do confer tumah through white hair, do not confer tumah through michyah, then karachath or gabachath, which do not confer tumah through white hair, how much more so should they not confer tumah through michyah! It is, therefore, written "leprosy," teaching us that it does confer tumah through michyah.