Tum'at Tsara`at

HILCHOT TUM'AT TZARA'AT

The Laws of the Impurity Imparted by Tzara'at

Included in this text are eight commandments: six positive commandments and two negative commandments. They comprise the following:

1) to rule with regard to tzara'at that afflicts a human according to the laws stated in the Torah;

2) not to cut off the signs of tzara'at impurity;

3) not to shave the hair of a blemish of tzara'at impurity;

4) that a person afflicted by tzara'at should be distinguished by having his clothes torn, his hair covered, and cloaking himself until his lips;

5) the purification of a person afflicted by tzara'at;

6) that a person afflicted by tzara'at should shave all his hair when he is purified;

7) the laws pertaining to tzara'at on garments;

8) the laws pertaining to tzara'at on homes.

These mitzvot are explained in the ensuing chapters.