Positive Commandment 101 (Digest)
Ritual Impurity of a Metzora
The mitzvah regarding the ritual impurity of the metzora (a person suffering from tzaraat, a skin discoloration described in the Torah). This mitzvah includes all the laws applicable to this impurity: what types [of discolorations render a person] impure, and what types [do not]; which types of this impurity require quarantine, and which do not; the laws associated with the quarantine, i.e., shaving [the hair surrounding a tzaraat lesion in an area of hair]; and all other laws associate with tzaraat and the gradations of its impurity.
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> The 101st mitzvah is that we are commanded regarding the tumah of a leprous person . This mitzvah includes all the laws regarding a leper — which cases are tameh and which tahor; when and when not the person is placed in quarantine; when shaving, known as tiglachas hanesek,;) is required along with the quarantine and the other details including how the tumah is conveyed.
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> One shaves the hair surrounding the affected area to determine if it has grown.