Nega'im is the third tractate of the order of Tohorot

Tohorot

Tohorot is the sixth order of the Mishnah . This order deals with the clean/unclean distinction and family purity. This is the longest of the orders in the Mishnah. There are 12 tractates:...

 in the Mishnah

Mishnah

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. It consists of fourteen chapters. Nega'im describes the various forms of tzaraath

Tzaraath

The Hebrew noun tzaraath describes a disfigurative condition mainly referred to in chapters 13-14 of Leviticus, as well as conditions equivalent to be "mildew" on clothes and houses.Tzaraath affects both animate...

, a leprosy

Leprosy

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-like disease described in the Parshiyot of Tazria

Tazria

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 and Metzora

Metzora (parsha)

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 in the Torah

Torah

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, which affected people, clothing

Clothing

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, and homes. The tractate describes the different types of blemishes symptomatic of the disease, and the various rituals involved in purifying someone who has been affected by it.

There is no Gemara

Gemara

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 for Nega'im in either the Babylonian

Talmud

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 or Jerusalem Talmud

Jerusalem Talmud

The Jerusalem Talmud, talmud meaning "instruction", "learning", , is a collection of Rabbinic notes on the 2nd-century Mishnah which was compiled in the Land of Israel during the 4th-5th century. The voluminous text is also known as the Palestinian Talmud or Talmud de-Eretz Yisrael...

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