Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone

Unknown in early times, diseases, infections, and germs could be passed on by the bacteria on a dead carcass. Throughout the Torah, God emphasized the importance of washing when contacting anyone or anything considered ceremonially unclean, such as when touching the dead carcass of an animal or a dead person. A person was instructed to wash both their clothes and their bodies in running water and was considered unclean until evening. Leviticus 15 lists specific things that caused a person to be unclean, requiring ritual purification: Any bodily discharge or sore (Lev. 15:2–3) Any bed, chair, or clothes of a person with a discharge (Lev. 15:4–6) Any person who is spit upon is unclean and must wash (Lev. 15:8). Any clay pot must be destroyed and wooden vessel cleansed (Lev. 15:12). The law of washing prevented the spread of disease during Israel’s close confines of living in tents in the wilderness. Washing also prevents passing germs and viruses from person to person in our time. Don’t Forget Your Paddle While in the wilderness, the Hebrews were instructed to carry a