Tzaraath

Tzaraath (Hebrew: ṣāraʿaṯ), variously transcribed into English and frequently translated as leprosy (though it is not Hansen's disease, the disease known as "leprosy" in modern times), is a term used in the Bible to describe various ritually impure disfigurative conditions of the human skin, clothing, and houses. Skin tzaraath generally involves patches that are white and contain unusually colored hair. Clothing and house tzaraath consists of a reddish or greenish discoloration.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Tzaraath is referenced by 149 other articles, and connects out to leprosy, Leviticus and scabies.

It sits within the topics Hebrew words and phrases in Jewish law, Jewish ritual purity law and Negative Mitzvoth.

Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.

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described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron

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Encyclopedic overview

25 sections

Contents

Name
Affliction of the body
Skin patches
Boils and burns
Scalp or beard
Inspection and pronouncement
Impure status
Purification ritual
Stories involving tzaraat
Affliction of clothing
Affliction of housing
In Rabbinic Judaism
Laws of skin
Laws of clothing
Laws of houses
Interpretations
Current practice
Modern medical interpretations
''Tzaraath'' of the skin
Similar conditions not considered ''tzaraath''
In clothing fabrics
In houses
Notes
References
External links

The laws of tzaraath are given in depth in chapters 13–14 of Leviticus, and several Biblical stories describe individuals who have contracted tzaraath.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tzaraath” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.