April 20, 2024; 12 Nisan, 5784 Sponsored anonymously L’Ilui Nishmas Sara Eidel Bas Mordechai
“And the one to whom the house belongs comes and tells the Kohen, saying, ‘Something like a lesion (Negah) has appeared to me in the house.’” (Vayikra 14:35)
The Alter of Slabodka (Ohr HaTzafun page 12 cited in Chochmas HaMatzpun pages 73-74) says that Chazal explain that even a Torah scholar who knows with certainty that his home has been stricken with the dreaded affliction may not categorically declare, “It is the Negah that I see.” Rather, he should say, “It appears to me like the Negah”...