Spots For Your Words

Tzaraat, or biblical leprosy, is a bizarre disease of many different forms. It infects houses, furniture, clothes, and people… what is it? Why did the Torah have the priesthood diagnose and treat this instead of the physicians? Why do the Torah and Apostolic Writings use the words “purified” or “cleansed” instead of “healed” when someone is cured from it? And what possible application does this have for us today?