Devorah Zlochower unpacks masekhet Negaim, examining its categorisation of afflictions, and their corresponding symptoms and purification rituals, as well as drawing out its insights into human behaviour.

Devorah Zlochower is Executive Editor of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School's Lindenbaum Center for Halakhic Studies and a rebbe at YCT. She has taught Gemara and halakhah for over two decades at YCT, Mechon Hadar, SAR High School and Drisha Institute where she was Rosh Beit Midrash. She lives in Riverdale.