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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Daily Mitzvah (Rambam)
Day 212: Positive Commandment 102, 103
From the Sichos in English Collection
Positive Commandment 102 (Digest)
Tzaraat on Garments
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 number seven represents the cycle of creation; the number eight represents the "circumference" -- that which lies beyond the perimeter of time and space. This is why the Divine Presence came to dwell in the Israelite camp on the eighth day. This is also alluded to in the saying of our sages (Talmud, Erchin 13b) that "The lyre of Moshiach has eight strings"
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