During the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the initial period of lockdown, a lot of Jewish thinkers were talking about this week’s Torah portion, Tazria, which describes how to handle cases of tzara’at, a skin affliction often thought to resemble leprosy. The remedies it prescribes sound a lot like our modern experiences of quarantine.
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During the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the initial period of lockdown, a lot of Jewish thinkers were talking about this week’s Torah portion, Tazria, which describes how to handle cases of tzara’at, a skin affliction often thought to resemble leprosy. The remedies it prescribes sound a lot like our modern experiences of quarantine.