One of the key ways to determine whether TZARA-AT (skin disease) had manifested itself or not on houses was simply to see how large the discolored area on the wall was. The infected area, whether on a human or a wall, was called a NEGA in Hebrew. The basic rule of thumb was that if the […]
Archives for January 12, 2017
L14-12: For TZARA-AT (skin disease), why are sacrifices needed to purify people but not houses?
“To purify the house, he is to take two birds, cedar-wood, scarlet yarn and hyssop leaves. He is to slaughter one of the birds in a clay pot over running water. He is to take the cedar-wood, the hyssop, the scarlet yarn and the live bird and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and […]