Halakhah for Megillah 16:9

מנהני מילי דתני רב שמואל בר יצחק קמיה דרב הונא (ויקרא יג, ו) וטהרו הכהן מספחת היא וכבס בגדיו וטהר טהור מפריעה ופרימה דמעיקרא

From where is this thing? As Rav Shmuel bar Yitzhak taught standing near Rav Huna: (Leviticus 13:6): "And the priest will pronounce him clean, it is a sore (other than leprosy); and he shall wash his clothes, and he is clean." He was clean from the start regarding letting hair grow and rending a garment.

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