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Plagued with Mold?

I was INTRIGUED to recently come across an article in USA Weekend about a family who lived in a house plagued with mold and who suffered from many ailments because of it. It concerned me because my home also has some places of mold and mildew from time to time. I was wondering if there is something written in Torah that addresses this issue—perhaps the causes for it, or ways to get rid of it. I know that God is concerned with our health and I am now quite concerned about this issue.

As is typical with Torah teachings, just about every daily issue that we face is addressed in some way or another. Mold and mildew in a home is no exception. The Hebrew word translated as "mildew" is the word negah and it means, ‘plague’. The root of this word is the verb nagah, which means, [to] ‘touch’. The word negah is also used in Exodus 11:1 and Leviticus 13:2, where it is also translated as ‘plague.’ It is a word that is commonly found in connection with the Hebrew word tzara’at. In this reference, the two words together can be translated as a ‘leprous sore.’

There are many diverse treatments for someone who has this infectious disease which can result in complete healing (see Leviticus chapters 13-14). Also see page 40 of this issue. Likewise, there are also several diverse treatments for a house with this particular problem (read the entire text of Leviticus 14:33-57). These treatments range from completely removing the stones containing the mold, to scraping it all off the inner walls of the home, to destroying the entire dwelling. Unfortunately, the text seems to indicate that for the house "infected" with negah, or mold, the final solution was often times a complete disassembling of the house until there was no structure remaining at all. Following this, the Torah instructs the kohen to deposit these building materials at a d...

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