Skin tzaraath generally involves patches that are white and contain unusually colored hair. [1] Clothing and house tzaraath consists of a reddish or greenish discoloration. [5] The laws of tzaraath are given in depth in chapters 13 – 14 of Leviticus, and several Biblical stories describe individuals who have contracted tzaraath.

According to the King James translation of the Bible, both Moses and Miriam suffered from leprosy at some point in their lives. But the Hebrew word often translated as leprosy, tzaraat, is not the same as the disease we call leprosy (also known as Hansen’s disease) today. In the Bible, tzaraat is a skin disease that can take many different forms, and in …

Original Word: צָרַעַת Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Transliteration: tsara`ath Pronunciation: tsah-rah-ath Phonetic Spelling: (tsaw-rah'-ath) Definition: Leprosy, skin disease Meaning: leprosy Word Origin: Derived from the root צָרַע (tsara), meaning "to strike" or "to scourge." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G3014 (lepra): Used in the New Testament to describe leprosy ...

Tzaraat was an affliction of the skin (or clothing or house) discussed extensively in the Bible (notably the Torah portions of Tazria and Metzora) that would cause the sufferer to become impure and be isolated or “quarantined” from the community. Many have speculated as to the exact nature of this malady, which is commonly translated …

It's time for all Leviticus fans to haul out their decoder rings! In Leviticus 13 and 14, we encounter a strange disease called tzaraat, which can be contracted by human beings, walls, stones, or cloth. Tzaraat has been translated variously as "'scale disease,' 'scaly disease,' 'eruption,' and (erroneously) 'leprosy' " (The Women's Torah Commentary, ed. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and Andrea L. Weiss ...

Apr 24, 2017 · Despite its lengthy coverage of tzaraat, biblical “leprosy,” the Torah omits discussion of its cause, its infectiousness, and its treatment. Comparison to the Mesopotamian rituals pertaining to a strikingly similar disease, Saḫaršubbû, shows that …

The weekly Torah portion’s name is “Metzora” {מצורע} (‘LEPERS’) and it is found in Leviticus 14:1–15:33 The Hebrew word ‘Tzara’at’ {צרעת} means ‘leprosy’ and a person who becomes ill with leprosy is called in Hebrew ‘Metzora’ {מצורע} – like the name of the weekly Torah portion. This ‘parasha’ discusses this disease within one of the main frameworks ...

A sign and a wonder As it sometimes happens, this parshah is called Parshat Tazria even though practically all of it deals with matters relating to the metzora, while Parshat Metzora itself deals with those matters to a much lesser extent. Maimonides writes that we do not actually know what tzaraat, as it is described in the Torah, is. 1 In modern Hebrew, the word tzaraat refers to leprosy ...

The Aish Rabbi Replies Tzara’at is often translated as leprosy but it was not a physical disease at all (nor do its symptoms resemble true leprosy). The Talmud (Erchin 16a) states that it was an affliction meted out directly from God as a result of sin. The Talmud lists a number of serious sins which might cause a person to contract tzara’at, such as murder, theft and false oaths. The most ...

The Hidden Meaning of (skin disease) , April 8, 2000 The Torah parsha for this week, Leviticus 12-14, is ostensibly about skin diseases: tzara'at But as we'll see, this external condition is really a sign of an internal moral condition. Though outwardly, tzara'at would seem to be a mysterious skin disease, inwardly, it reveals something about the human condition, from God's point of …