Tzaraath
（重定向自Tzaras）
![Mildew infecting a flat](/Images/godic/202502/18/WestendMoldyLivingroom3306.jpg")
![Ukrainian-Jewish born Yehuda L. Katzenelson, (1846-1917) devoted a portion of his work on talmudic medicine to the analysis of the parallels between vitiligo and biblical tzaraath, he concluded that the chazalic consensus was that they are synonymous.](/Images/godic/202502/18/Buki_ben_yogli3306.jpg")
The Hebrew noun tzaraath (Hebrew צרעת [tsaˈʁaʕat], Romanized Tiberian Hebrew ṣāraʻaṯ and numerous variants of English transliteration, including saraath, tzaraas, tzaraat, tsaraas and tsaraat) describes disfigurative conditions of the skin, hair of the beard and head, clothing made of linen or wool, or stones of homes located in the land of Israel. All variations are mainly referred to in chapters 13-14 of Leviticus.