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Day 212: Positive Commandment 102, 103

Wednesday, 20 Elul 5786 / September 2, 2026

Positive Commandment 102 (Digest)

Tzaraat on Garments

We are commanded regarding the ritual impurity generated by tzaraat [various discolorations described in the Torah] of a garment. This mitzvah includes all the laws associated with clothing tzaraat: under what circumstances it becomes impure, and under what circumstances it can cause impurity [to humans or other objects]; under what circumstances does the garment require the tearing out [of the discolored area], burning, washing, immersion, etc.; all that is said in the Torah and all that is stated in this regard in the oral tradition.

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> The 102nd mitzvah is that we are commanded regarding the tumah of a garment which has a mark of tzora'as. The mitzvah includes all the laws of tzora'as begadim: how they become tameh and how they convey tumah; which need to be quarantined, torn, burned, or washed and purified; and everything else written in Scripture;) and handed down through the Oral Tradition.;)

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> Lev. 13:47-59.

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> Negaim, Chapter 11.

Positive Commandment 103 (Digest)

Tzaraat on Houses

We are commanded regarding the ritual impurity generated by tzaraat [various discolorations described in the Torah] of a house. This mitzvah includes all the laws associated with tzaraat of the house: under what circumstances does the house require quarantine, razing part of its walls, or complete demolition; and under what circumstances it becomes impure, and under what circumstances it can cause impurity [to humans or objects].

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> The 103rd mitzvah is that we are commanded regarding the tumah of a house which has a mark of tzora'as. The mitzvah includes all the laws of tzora'as batim: which need to be quarantined; which need to have part of the walls broken and which need the walls to be completely broken; how they become tameh and how they convey tumah.

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