Rachel and Sarah grew up together in a quiet, modest town. They both lived simple lives, worked hard and carefully watched every dollar. One day, a new bar opened in town. Rachel, after saving for ...

When the prophetess Miriam is stricken with tzaraath in this week’s portion, a divine command is given. The entire Jewish people: men, women, children, cattle and livestock, will wait until she ...

When the prophetess Miriam is stricken with tzaraath in this week’s portion, a divine command is given. The entire Jewish people: men, women, children, cattle and livestock, will wait until she is ...

Israeli forces are “fiercely attacking the Gaza Strip and exacting a heavy price from the terrorist organizations,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an address on Wednesday night in ...

The idea of quarantine is found in several places in the Torah, most notably in the treatment for tzaraath (often mistranslated as leprosy). Leviticus chapters 13 and 14 describe periods of ...

Descriptions of an ailment resembling leprosy as we know it today were found on an Egyptian Papyrus dating back to 1550 B.C. Also, the word tzaraath, which some believe specifically refers to ...

Descriptions of an ailment resembling leprosy as we know it today were found on an Egyptian Papyrus dating back to 1550 B.C. Also, the word tzaraath, which some believe specifically refers to ...

Descriptions of an ailment resembling leprosy as we know it today were found on an Egyptian Papyrus dating back to 1550 B.C. Also, the word tzaraath, which some believe specifically refers to leprosy, ...

This travels far back from the biblical times when the disease was referred to as Tzaraath and was speculated to be a spiritual affliction due to the transgression of the biblical laws.

The Sages saw Tzaraath as a warning and also as a sign of a special divine connection between the Jewish People and G-d. Miriam, who was a prime example of someone was struck with leprosy ...

We know what leprosy means in the biblical world. Leprosy — or "Tzaraath," a name covering a number of degenerative skin diseases — had moral implications. Lepers were unclean. Since Jews ...