Reuven Kalisher

Reuven Kalisher
Born Zhytomir
Nationality Russian
Known for Maintained the view that the Torah mentioned Tzaraath is not Leprosy but in fact Vitiligo

Reuven Kalisher, resident of Zhytomir, was a Jewish doctor and Hebrew-language literist.

Vitiligo and Tzaraath

Kalisher maintained the view that the Torah mentioned Tzaraath is not Leprosy but in fact Vitiligo, Yehuda L. Katzenelson quotes Kalisher's view in his work on medicinal talmudic work (הרפואה וחכמת התלמוד berlin, 1928).

Literary works


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