Mesorat%20hashas for Shevuot 11:10

וכי תימא כי היכי דשמעת ליה בפתוך הכי שמעת ליה בחלוק ובפתוך גופיה מי שמעת ליה והתניא רבי עקיבא אומר אדמדם שבזה ושבזה כיין המזוג במים אלא של בהרת עזה כשלג ושל סיד דיהה הימנה

[No!]<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Neither is this conclusive.');">⁴</span> When did you hear R'Akiba holding this view - only in connection with variegated leprosy,<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Reddish-white; v. Lev. XIII, 19');">⁵</span> but did you hear it in connection with plain [white leprosy]? And if you will say that, just as he holds this view in connection with variegated leprosy, so he holds it in connection with plain; are you really sure that he holds it [even] in connection with variegated leprosy? Is it not taught: R'Akiba says: the redness in this and in that [Bahereth and Se'eth] is like wine mixed with water, except that Bahereth is white like snow, and Sid is fainter than it.

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