Supriya Ghosh (Editor)

Reuven Kalisher

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
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.

Contents

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

  • Natural works and medicine (Hebrew) Warsaw, 1862.

    • References

    Reuven Kalisher Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics