Sanhedrin 88A

לפריחה בבגדים, שהיא טהורה?

with regard to a case where there is a spread of tzara'at in garments that culminates with the garment’s being completely covered with leprous marks that the garment is pure, just as it is with regard to tzara'at of a person?

נאמרה קרחת וגבחת באדם, ונאמרה קרחת וגבחת בבגדים. מה להלן ⁠– פרח בכולו טהור, אף כאן ⁠– פרח בכולו טהור.

Karaḥat and gabbaḥat are stated with regard to tzara'at of a person (see Leviticus 13:42), in the sense of baldness on the back of one’s head and forehead, and karaḥat and gabbaḥat are stated with regard to tzara'at of garments (see Leviticus 13:55), in the sense of the newer and the older sections of the garment. Just as there, with regard to tzara'at of a person, if the tzara'at spread to his entire body he is pure, so too here, with regard to tzara'at of garments, if the tzara'at spread to the entire garment it is pure. The Rabbis disagree and hold that even if the tzara'at spreads, the garment remains impure. Therefore, if one touches the garment throughout which the tzara'at spread and enters the Temple, according to the Rabbis, he is liable to receive karet, while according to R' Yonatan ben Avtolemos, he is not liable.

״דברי״⁠ – אלו הערכין, והחרמים, וההקדישות. הערכין ⁠– בפלוגתא דרבי מאיר ורבנן, דתנן: המעריך פחות מבן חדש, רבי מאיר אומר: נותן דמיו, וחכמים אומרים: לא אמר כלום.

“Matters of”; these are the valuations, and the dedications, and the consecrations. The Talmud elaborates: In the case of valuations, the dispute concerning such a prohibition is with regard to the issue that is the subject of the dispute between R' Meir and the Rabbis, as we learned in a baraita: In the case of one who valuates a child less than one month old, for whom the Torah does not specify a value, R' Meir says: He gives the monetary value of the child, as it is apparent that his intent was to give a donation, not a valuation. And the Rabbis say: He did not say anything. If the money is consecrated and one betrothed a woman with it, she is not betrothed, and one who has sex with her is liable to receive karet.